A Kaiser Permanente study, published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, has found that patients with diabetes who undergo total knee replacement surgery do not have an increased risk of surgical complications as compared to patients without diabetes.…
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Adoption of basic electronic health record systems in acute-care hospitals has more than tripled since 2009, as roughly 44.4 percent of hospitals had a basic EHR system in 2012 compared with 12.2 percent in 2009, according to new reports from…
House Republicans vowed not to force hospitals to pay for the party's plan to repeal Medicare's sustainable growth rate, an annual source of legislative ire that would drastically cut physician pay that Congress has overridden every year since 2003, according…
Two separate studies, both published in Pain Medicine, have shown positive outcomes following the use of cooled radiofrequency to treat discogenic and sacroiliac joint pain in the low back.
Austin, Texas-based Advanced Pain Care has announced the relocation of its office in Waco, Texas.
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The RFID in Healthcare Consortium/Intelligent Hospital granted the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland an award for the "2013 Best Comprehensive Integration" of advanced healthcare technology at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 2013 conference in New Orleans,…
CMS will launch its eHealth initiative at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference in New Orleans, March 3-7, 2013.
Richard Edelson, MD, performed knee surgery on Portland Timbers midfielder Sal Zizzo, according to a Sports Illustrated report.
William Lang, MD, and Steven Krems, MD, announced they are offering a new hybrid concierge medical practice through Concierge Choice Physicians.
Houston-based Spine Pain Management, a medical service, device and healthcare solutions company, announced that a New Braunfels-based Central Texas Pain Center location has become its affiliate in San Antonio.