Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that healthcare professionals have a "long way to go in a very short time" in order to implement electronic medical records by 2013, according to a report in the Kansas…
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US Spine has launched of the Phantom Plus Interbody Fusion System to complement its posterior fixation systems, according to a release from US Spine.
Chicago-based NeuStrategy and San Diego-based SpineMark recently completed a nationwide survey of hospital-based spine programs to determine best practices of leading spine programs.
The latest Senate healthcare reform bill will create $121 billion in fees on healthcare companies, which is $29 billion more than originally estimated, according to estimates by the Joint Committee on Taxation reported by Reuters.
Orthopedic Surgeon Frederick George, MD, is retiring from Advanced Orthopedic Centers in Woodbury, N.J., following a 53-year career in the specialty, according to a report in the Gloucester County Times.
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Fifty physicians, one from each state, accompanied President Obama in the White House Rose Garden as he kicked off a week of intensified lobbying for healthcare reform legislation in Congress, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
A new program backed by the AAOS aims to help orthopedic surgeons and other physicians start prescribing electronically and reap Medicare incentive payments for e-prescribing, according to a release from the AAOS.
A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina shows that adult stem cells can help treat bone fractures that fail to heal, according to a report in the Times of India.
Despite the worldwide recession, demand for joint arthroplasty is expected to grow by 7 percent a year through 2013, according to a release by Millennium Research Group.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered manufacturers of certain types of pedicle screw systems, called dynamic stabilization systems, to conduct postmarket surveillance studies to collect clinical data on a number of potential safety issues, including fusion rates and…