The Supreme Court struck down a Vermont law that prohibited drug manufacturers and data mining companies from selling and using physicians' prescription information.
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External security and network virus threats to hospital staff and physician mobile devices are a growing concern, according to an InformationWeek report.
In an effort to reduce the number and severity of firework-related injuries treated by orthopedic surgeons, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers some safety guidelines for trained adults who choose to use fireworks during July 4th celebrations, according to…
A recent policy draft from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and First Coast with Local Coverage Determination affecting the state of Florida concludes that Medicare will no longer cover multi-level lumbar fusion for symptomatic degenerative disc disease.
Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently discussed common baseball injuries and safety precautions that Major League Baseball players take to avoid them on Comcast SportsNet, according to a practice news release.
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Mark Snyder, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Cincinnati, recently helped a private hospital develop a program to reduce complications in joint replacement and achieve Joint Commission certification as a "Center of Excellence," according to an AAOS Now report.
Richard A. Kaul, MD, of New Jersey Spine and Rehabilitation, has begun Project Backbone, an initiative that will provide no cost back and spine care for veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a surgery center news…
At the American Medical Association's 2011 annual meeting, members voted to advocate for standardizing the user interface for electronic medical records, according to an AMA news release.
ConforMIS has recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for two of its patient-specific implants, the iDuo G2 for partial knee replacements and the iTotal for total knee replacements. The iTotal achieved clearance earlier this year, and…