The Palm Beach County (Fla.) Health Department issued a public notice that at least 86 patients of its health centers may have had confidential information in their medical records disclosed to an unauthorized source.
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Oct. 3 is the last day for eligible professionals to begin their 90-day reporting period for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program in calendar year 2012.
The Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques published a study which found that minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion significantly shortened patient's hospital stay and cost less than open surgery.
Though the number of female orthopedic residents is on the rise, the field remains largely male-dominated, and several organizations are encouraging women to pursue orthopedic surgery, according to the Huffington Post.
Cadence Health in Winfield, Ill., announced its plans to acquire OAD Orthopaedics, a seven-office medical practice in DuPage County, according to the Kane County Chronicle.
Since new regulations took effect in Tennessee to curb pill mills, the state's Department of Health has issued 255 pain clinics licenses, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.
Indiana State Senator Ron Grooms, a Republican, announced plans to sponsor a bill that would require pain clinic owners in the state to be licensed physicians, according to a WDRB report.
Scott Boden, MD, is a professor of orthopedic surgery and the director of the Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center in Atlanta. His areas of clinical interest include cervical fusion, anterior lumbar interbody fusion, disc degeneration, lumbar fusion, spinal infections and…
Two young patients with progressive early-onset scoliosis were among the first in North America to be offered treatment with an expandable magnetic rod, according an article in the August issue of AORN Journal.
Orthopedic surgeon Thomas O. Clanton, MD, received a research grant by the Orthopaedic Education Foundation of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society for his work with turf toe injuries, according to PRWeb.com.