Study results showed prescribers and healthcare workers recognized the benefits and generally expressed positive attitudes after successfully adopting e-prescribing, according to research published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
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Patient advocates, policy experts and physicians offer conflicting opinions on the emergence of opioid contracts, used by pain physicians to ensure patients do not abuse or sell their opioid prescriptions, according to a Washington Post news report.
Alexis Colvin, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon, has opened a sports medicine practice in New York City, according to a Mount Sinai Hospital news release.
NuOrtho Surgical, a manufacturer of orthopedic surgical instruments, has appointed Gregory Rainey to its board of directors, according to a company news release.
Thompson MIS, the new minimally invasive spine division of Thompson Surgical Instruments, is announcing the market introduction of the BoneBac Press at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Conference in Denver next week, according to a company press release.
Spine Surgical Innovation (SSI), global marketer and distributor of the Swivel Port System and full line of spine instruments, has launched a new company website.
The Food and Drug Administration issued 56 orthopedic- and spine-related 510(k) clearances in March, according to an FDA report.
Teenagers undergoing spinal fusion for scoliosis correction using a new surgical technique can have good outcomes 10 years after surgery, according to a study conducted by Hospital for Special Surgery physicians.
Full-thickness rotator cuff tears increase in about half of patients 60 years or younger, which means surgery should be initially considered to prevent a tear size increase, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Greg DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC, an administrator and physician assistant at Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites in Waltham, Mass., describes four trends in outpatient orthopedic surgery.