When patients are more involved in their care they report better physician reviews, according to a report from American Medical News.
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Here are the top 10 major drivers of healthcare costs as assessed by physicians in The Physicians Foundation's "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives."
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be ramping up over the next few years. Medscape News recently published an article covering how the ACA could impact physician salary, including:
The Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission has proposed a "no coverage" determination on hip surgery procedures for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine has awarded the Andrews Research & Education Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla., a $13,700 grant for sonography in musculoskeletal medicine.
Katherine Boyd, MD, performed finger surgery on the Philadelphia Flyers captain Claude Giroux after the player incurred an injury while playing golf, according to an NHL.com Network report.
James Andrews, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, recently performed reconstructive knee surgery on the San Diego Chargers wide receiver Danario Alexander, according to a U-T San Diego report.
Marc Hungerford, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has been named the chief of orthopedics at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, according to a report by The Daily Record.
Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., has added orthopedic surgeons Joseph McLaughlin, MD, and John Macy, MD, according to a Stowe Reporter report.
In a recent study published in The Journal of Pain, researchers from the U.K. Primary Care Centre in Staffordshire examined the low back pain and its progression to chronic pain.