Jamestown (N.D.) Regional Medical Center has been named the official sports medicine provider for Jamestown Public Schools.
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Chicago Bears' linebacker Brian Urlacher has undergone arthroscopic knee surgery to remove debris, according to a USA Today report.
TRIA Orthopaedic Center in Minneapolis has partnered with Krossover to utilize new technology designed to help providers better understand sports-related injuries.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the U.K. is opening public comment on the use of Smith & Nephew's Exogen bone-healing device, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
K2M, a spinal device company, has partnered with Cadwell Laboratories to provide a neuromonitoring solution for K2M's RAVINE Lateral Access System.
Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic are among the top 10 medical devices that spent the most on research and development efforts in 2011, according to a Mass Device analysis.
Podiatric surgeon Harold Schoenhaus, MD, has accepted a position on Alliqua's Scientific Advisory Board, according to Market Watch.
SpineMark Corporation is partnering with PhDx Systems, a clinical data management solutions company, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Health information technology professionals should take the lead in ensuring strong data integrity in health information exchanges, according to a white paper (pdf) by the American Health Information Management Association.
Despite the prevalence of pay-for-performance compensation in healthcare, a new editorial in the British Journal of Medicine suggests the concept "rests on flawed assumptions about medicine, measurement and motivation" and may encourage providers to game the system.