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Bhupinder S. Bolla, MD, of the Interventional Pain Management Center at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., has opened Pain Solutions of Northern New York in Watertown, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.

Large-scale provider payment reforms, encouraging better patient decisions through information and changing the paradigm of the healthcare market could slow U.S. healthcare spending by $2 trillion by 2023, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund (pdf).

Jonathan Glashow, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Midtown Surgical Center, will perform knee surgery on Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malcolm Lee, who will then undergo hip surgery performed by Bryan Kelly, MD, at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City,…

Dallas Mavericks team physician T.O. Souryal, MD, performed anterior cruciate ligament surgery on Minnesota Timberwolves player Josh Howard, according to a Dallas News report.

Lincoln (Neb.) Orthopaedic Center has selected SRS technology for their electronic health records.

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A study published by the American Academy of Pain Medicine in the December, 2012, issue of Pain Medicine Journal shows that minimally invasive lumbar decompression is safe in the long term and effective.

New York City will restrict the prescription of painkillers in emergency rooms at the city's 11 public hospitals, according to a New York Times report.

Global Life Insurance recently released a new infographic on concussions in high school and college football.

Shane Nho, MD, a sports medicine specialist with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, was named head team physician for the Roosevelt University Athletic Program in Chicago.