HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that HHS has met and exceeded its goal for 50 percent of physician offices and 80 percent of eligible hospitals to have electronic health records by the end of 2013.
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Frank Gerratana, MD, received the 2013 Orthopaedist of the Year Award given by The Connecticut Orthopaedic Society, according to a New Britain Herald report.
Summit Medical Group announced that Joseph T. Barmakian, MD, has earned the 2012 Overlook Medical Center/Atlantic Health System Physician Excellence Award for Orthopedics.
The Pain Center of Arizona in Phoenix announced that it has been awarded the Phoenix Award in the pain management category by the U.S. Commerce Association.
During Hall of Fame Weekend 2013, Frank Jobe, MD, co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles, will receive recognition from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., according to a report by The Press-Enterprise.
Medtronic's fourth quarter total reported revenue was $4.46 billion, up 3.8 percent from last year's $4.3 billion, though global spine revenue dipped slightly.
At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Greg Zoch will give a presentation titled "The 5 Most Common Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them."
New research has found that the use of bone morphogenic proteins in anterior and posterior lumbar fusions was linked with shorter hospital stays, lower infection rates and greater in-hospital costs, according to Healio.
The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery has released guidelines for vertebral augmentation.
On Tuesday, James Andrews, MD, performed surgery on the left knee of San Diego Charger Melvin Ingram, according to a Fox News report.