The National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Farzad Mostashari, announced that the "Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange" has been released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
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The ninth Biennial Congress of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine will be held May 12 to 16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
San Diego, Calif.-based NuVasive has acquired ANC, a spine implant manufacturer based in Dayton, Ohio.
La Peer Health Systems has announced that Neil Ghodadra, MD, has performed a meniscus at the Beverly Hills, Calif., outpatient center.
Zimmer Holdings acquired the business assets of West Chester, Pa.-based Knee Creations, the developer of a proprietary joint preservation treatment Subchondroplasty.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons has announced Frederick Boop, MD, FAANS, FACS, as its secretary.
South Sound Neurosurgery has announced that it will now be named NeoSpine.
At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Lisa Rock will give a presentation titled "Tough Coding & Billing Issues for Pain Management."
The total average compensation for full-time neurosurgeons is roughly $829,000, and the average gross revenue per neurosurgeon is more than three times that amount.
Samuel Cho, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. Dr. Cho has expertise in scoliosis surgery, minimally invasive surgery, intervertebral disc biology…