Current participants in the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program will have until 2014 instead of 2013 to begin meaningful use Stage 2 implementation, according to an HHS news release.
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Fifty-seven percent of office-based physicians used electronic medical record/electronic health record systems in 2011, a huge jump from the 18 percent in 2001, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care Institute for Quality Improvement recently released the data from a survey on performing knee arthroscopy in surgery centers. The survey gathered data from 40 organizations that perform more than 11,000 procedures annually.
Marc Philippon, MD, a hip surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed hip surgery on professional golfer Brandt Snedeker, according to a Fox News report.
Here are 10 benchmarks on costs for outpatient anterior cervical discectomies and fusion and cervical disc arthroplasty from Richard Wohns, MD, a neurosurgeon, Founder and President of South Sound Neurosurgery in Puyallup, Wash.
The Stone Clinic in San Francisco, founded by Kevin R. Stone, MD, recently opened the first dedicated meniscus transplant center, according to a release from The Stone Clinic.
Here are 10 spine surgeons and specialists who serve as editors and leaders of professional orthopedic and spine journals.
Precedent Health has acquired DOC Holdings, a spine research company focused on providing comprehensive intraoperative monitoring solutions, according to a Precedent Health news release.
Medtronic recently launched its T2 Altitude Expandable Corpectomy Device in the United States and Europe, according to a Medtronic news release.
Foothills Sports Medicine, based in Phoenix, is planning to open two new facilities in the next two months, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.