Practice Management

Boulder (Colo.) Orthopedics and Mapleton Hill Orthopedics, also in Boulder are merging on April 1, according to a BizWest report.

The Spine Hospital of Louisiana is a five-star, physician-owned, 23 inpatient bed hospital located within The NeuroMedical Center Campus in Baton Rouge, La.

Should Twitter play a role in clinical trial recruitment?

McKesson sold its small physician practice electronic health records and practice management product lines to e-MDs, which could change the landscape for both companies, according to a HealthData Management report.

Sydney, Australia-based Royal North Shore Hospital researchers tried prepping patients for surgery using iPads instead of in-person consultations with physicians, according to Medical Xpress.

Many physicians reported feeling "cautiously optimistic" about the new pay-for-performance payment models, as found in a Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health survey, according to HealthCare Business.

President of The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics in Waldorf, Md., Nicholas Grosso, MD, shared his thoughts on maintaining independence as a private practice, according to HealthLeaders Media.

Healthcare delivery for senior varies by region, according to a Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice report, according to Money.

A study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examines how the Sunshine Act impacts orthopedics.

Physicians' contracts may negatively affect patient care and professionalism, based on an Annals of Internal Medicine article, according to Medical Xpress.