David Blumenthal, MD, former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, recently wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that the success of the HITECH Act and other health IT initiatives seem "inevitable, in…
The Latest
A U.S. District Judge in Oregon threw out an $85 million verdict favoring Smith & Nephew in a patent infringement case with Arthrex over surgical anchors used in shoulder surgery, according to a Bloomberg report.
A new study published in Spine shows that radical surgical debridement and antibiotic can provide a reliable approach to healing inflammation from cervical spondylodiscitis.
A team of orthopedic surgeons and engineers, including Joshua Jacobs, MD, of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently made a discovery about the structure of metal-on-metal hip implants, according to an MOR news release.
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform knee surgery on Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin, according to a USA Today report.
The Cincinnati Reds Double-A farm system team, the Pensacola (Fla.) Blue Wahoos, recently announced the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine as its official medical provider, according to a team news release.
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center’s sports medicine practice has been recognized by the New York Athletic Administrators Association as the 2011 Community Service Recipient, according to a URMC news report.
Chris Reeves, DO, recently joined the medical staff of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison, according to a Baxter Bulletin report.
The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.
For many within healthcare, the sustainable growth rate is like a mosquito on a hot, muggy summer day. It's clearly flying around, waiting to suck the blood of anyone who fails to pay attention, and the longer you wait to…