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Neil Ghodadra, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at La Peer Health Systems in Beverly Hills, Calif., is the first to perform outpatient knee subchondroplasty in Los Angeles, according to a La Peer news release.

Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center has shifted pain management and anesthesiology services to physicians at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a report by The Dispatch.  

July 3 is the last day that the eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals can begin their 90-day reporting period if they want to demonstrate meaningful use for the Medicare electronic health record incentive program for fiscal year 2013, according…

The Ohio State University in Columbus intends to begin seeking architectural bids for the construction of its $35 million James Crane Sports Medicine Institute, according to a Columbus Business First report.

In a recent study published inThe Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers conducted a study of the occurrence and contributing factors of tendon failure to heal after rotator cuff repair surgery.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Stephen Kovach will give a presentation titled "Orthopedic Instrumentation and its Challenges for Reprocessing."

Most physician leaders think online physician ratings are inaccurate, unreliable and not widely used by patients, according to a survey from the American College of Physician Executives.

Dennis Sagini, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Fort Myers, Fla., was appointed to the Surgery Center Council at Lee Memorial Sanctuary Outpatient Surgery Center.

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) announced that it has implemented Ortech, a web-based, software program that physicians use in the operating room.

David Altchek, MD, performed elbow surgery on New York Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia and Chicago White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.