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James Andrews, MD, performed knee surgery on Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, according to a Fox Sports report.

Katie Vadasdi, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists, recently led educational demonstrations and talks at the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education in Greenwich, Conn., to high school girls.

Using a new program, ONC is fostering collaboration with groups involved in governance of health information exchange to encourage the continued development and adoption of policies, interoperability requirements and business practices.

With increasing costs and decreasing reimbursements coming in the next year, it will be important for ambulatory surgery centers to cut overhead costs where possible to realize an impact on the bottom line. "Almost any cuts in overhead costs will…

BioPhotas in Tustin, Calif., announced that it has received clearance from the FDA for its biophotonic medical device for six indications-for-use.

Hanover Portfolio Acquisitions in Woodland, Calif., announced that it has executed a letter of intent to acquire 70 percent of Pulsed Energy Technologies, in New Hollywood, Calif., a pain management medical device company.

Here are five tips to improve profits this year.

In 2011, the nation's 4,973 non-profit hospitals recorded $41.1 billion in uncompensated care — the most ever recorded since the American Hospital Association first tracked the data in 1980, according to the AHA's Annual Survey of Hospitals (pdf).

Benjamin Noonan, MD, of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Fargo, N.D., has received a Sanford Seed grant for his research, according to an Argus Leader and Sioux Falls Business Journal report.

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., published a book on sports medicine care for young athletes, according to a Tulsa World report.