Recent study findings showed small physician practices (either solo practitioners or two-physician practices) are less likely to adopt electronic health records, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will be surveying Medicaid providers to collect data on specific meaningful use challenges and using that information to create technical assistance and support for those providers, according to a Government Health IT news…
The workgroup that advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on meaningful use issues has recommended the federal agency delay implementation of stage 2 meaningful use by one year in order to lift the burden for eligible…
The newly created American College of Clinical Information Managers will aim to establish a national accreditation pathway for medical scribes, according to an ACCIM news release. Read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on ACCIM.
The Health IT Policy Committee’s adoption and certification workgroup has written a letter to the Office of the National Coordinator, urging the federal agency to require a level of standardization among differing electronic health records, according to an InformationWeek news…
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For traumatic and osteoarthritis, biologic joint replacements could be the wave of the future for surgery centers, said Kevin Stone, MD, The Stone Clinic at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10.
Patellar tendinopathy is common among elite soccer players, although exposure to artificial turf did not increase the prevalence or incidence of injury, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Most patients with bursitis in the hips, knees, heels and elbows can be managed with non-operative care, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
Here are 16 instances of hospitals constructing new orthopedic centers, acquiring orthopedic practices and partnering with surgery centers.
Approximately 400 orthopedic surgeons visited legislators on Capitol Hill in April to discuss issues with members of Congress, according to an AAOS Now report.