Christopher Silva, MD, is a partner of Rockford (Ill.) Spine Center with a special interest in performing complex revision spine surgery. He treats patients with herniated discs, spinal stenosis and other degenerative conditions, as well as spinal tumors and trauma.…
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A total of $662 million in incentives were paid for both the Physician Quality Reporting System and e-Prescribing Incentive Programs in 2010, which represents a 72 percent increase since 2009, according to a CMIO report.
Fifty-seven percent of Medicare physicians used an electronic health record system at their primary practice location in 2011, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (pdf).
A group of academic emergency medicine specialists has launched a national registry to gather patient feedback on Sprix nasal spray for pain management, Regency Therapeutics announced today.
Patients receiving intravenous acetaminophen after bariatric surgery had a significantly lower requirement for opioids in the day following surgery, according to a study reported in MedPage Today.
Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle, N.Y., announced the opening of Joint Solutions, a center for orthopedic replacement surgery.
A new study published in the Journal of Arthroplasty found that compliance with joint replacement registries at individual hospitals was low, even when the hospital employed a relatively simple reporting mechanism.
William Warren Brien, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in California, was recently elected to 1st Century Bancshares' board of directors.