The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9, with one republican vote from Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), to approve the committee's healthcare reform bill, according to a report by AHANews.
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McKesson announced that Bright Note Technology, which instantly populates all critical data on a patient chart, is now available across the entire spectrum of McKesson's ambulatory electronic health record solutions for physician practices, according to a McKesson news release.
Chris Zorn, vice president at Spine Surgical Innovation, discusses recent trends in spine surgery toward outpatient care and its relevance to recent healthcare reform efforts.
Here are seven statistics about the orthopedics market from independent market analyst Datamonitor.
Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, who will become president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists during its annual meeting in October, discusses 10 facts that every surgeon or hospital executive should know about anesthesiologists.
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Orthopedic Surgeons John Watkins, MD, and Anne Sullivan, MD, have joined the medical staff of 276-bed St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minn., according to a report by the Duluth News Tribune.
The FDA has approved RSB Spine's InterPlate C-Ti interbody fusion device for a new indication, as an anterior cervical plate, according to a release by RSB Spine.
A competition rowing boat has been christened in honor of Jo A. Hannafin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Old Greenwich, Conn., who won three gold medals at U.S. National Rowing Championships, according to Connecticut Plus.
The Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., is opening medical consultation facilities in Beverly Hills, Calif., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., according to a release from the Laser Spine Institute.
J. Tucker Ammon, MD, and Kali D. Arnold, MD, have joined Resurgens Orthopaedics, a 90-physician group with 20 offices in metro Atlanta, according to a release from Resurgens.