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Timothy Kremchek, MD, was recently scheduled to perform shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum in the right shoulder of Cincinnati Reds' left fielder Ryan Ludwick.
The first successful lumbar spine fusion procedure using Mazor Robotics Renaissance system partnered with NeuroLogica's BodyTom was performed by the department of neurological surgery at the University of California, Irvine.
Danbury (Conn.) Orthopedics and Brookfield, Conn.-based New Milford Orthopedic Associates have announced the merger of their practices, beginning April 1, and forming Western Connecticut Orthopedic Specialists.
Michael Bryant, DO, an orthopedic surgeon at Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic, will provide orthopedic specialty outreach services at the Pondera Medical Center Clinic in Conrad, Mont., according to a report by The Independent-Observer.
Sham Vengurlekar, MD, an interventional pain specialist, announced that he is relocating his practice, Premier Pain Institute, from Phoenix to a new facility in Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology announced that it has awarded cooperative agreements to two health information exchange governance organizations — DirectTrust and EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup, led by the New York eHealth Collaborative.
A bill introduced to the House of Representatives would offer an electronic health record penalty exemption to near retirement-age physicians who fail to adopt systems, according Medscape.