Because healthcare reform is setting up incentives for physicians, hospitals, patients, payors and employers to use telemedicine, telemedicine is positioned to be a "key enabler for widespread delivery of cost-effective, resource-efficient and high-quality healthcare," according to a Computer Sciences Corporation…
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John Bergfeld, MD, senior orthopedic surgeon and director of operating rooms at Cleveland Clinic, was named the recipient of the 2011 Thomas A. Brady Community Service Award by the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, according to a clinic news…
Sacroiliac joint injections can be challenging to insert in the right place each time, however the double-needle method can improve accuracy, according to an article published in Pain Physicians.
John Bookmyer, CEO of the Pain Management Group, based in Findlay, Ohio, says true pain management clinics are sometimes confused with the "pill mills" involved in the current epidemic of prescription pain medication abuse, but the differences are substantial, which…
Spero Karas, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Atlanta, has been named the head team physician for the Atlanta Falcons, according to a practice news release.
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The president and CEO of the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colo., Mike Egan, died on June 18 in a biking accident in Norway, according to a Vail Daily report.
Managing meaningful use quality measure reporting is getting simplified for physicians and healthcare providers, as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT continues to roll out its popHealth software, according to the ONC's popHealth website.
Joseph M. Lane, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the hospital for his work on metabolic bone disease, according to a hospital news release.
Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago has been named the preferred medical provider of Cirque du Soleil, OVO, according to a practice news release.
A majority of physicians have not yet adopted an electronic medical record system, but EMR vendors are stressing the usability of their systems to interest undecided physicians, according to an American Medical News report.