Twenty-five percent of healthcare providers are currently using tablets in their practice and an additional 21 percent plan to do so within 12 months, according to a CompTIA news release.
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A new study reveals oncologists are not effectively treating pain, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The FDA will grant the University of Rochester Medical Center a $4.5 million grant over five years to study different approaches to improve methods used to evaluate and approve treatments for acute and chronic pain, according to a University news…
The past 20 years of pain management treatment have focused on prescribing more — and often stronger — pain medication. However, there has been a return to the biopsychosocial method of pain management that John Bonica, MD, developed in the…
Federal health IT organizations are calling for user feedback on the specifications of the Nationwide Health Information Network, according to the Federal Advisory Committee blog post.
Succession planning is important for orthopedic surgeons to maximize returns from their practice as they head on to greener pastures. If a good plan isn't in place, surgeons risk soiling a good relationship with their partners and losing a great…
As part of CMS' recently released 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, the payments for knee meniscectomy for Medicare patients have changed, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons report.
Scoliosis affects more than six million people in the United States and approximately 38,000 patients undergo spinal fusion for scoliosis correction each year, according to the National Scoliosis Foundation. Surgical scoliosis correction has traditionally been a large, open procedure, but…
Alexander Mason, MD, a neurosurgeon and spine specialists with Boulder (Colo.) Neurosurgical & Spine Associates, has been named as a Patients' Choice physician, according to a Boulder Neurosurgical & Spine Associates news release.
Mortality and complication rates for patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery are lower when the patients are treated by high-volume surgeons and hospitals, according to a report published in Spine.