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The introduction of electronic health records is transforming the healthcare industry and patient care. With the advent of EHRs, a physician has a patient's medical history along with access to evidence-based guidelines at his or her fingertips. However, getting this…

Charles Bush-Joseph, MD, a sports medicine specialist with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently appeared in a public service announcement for the STOP Sports Injuries campaign.

The Baltimore Orioles will host a professional conference for athletic trainers sponsored by Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation.

Memorial Hospital of Union County has partnered with local high schools to provide athletic trainers, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.

Here are 20 orthopedic practices that expanded during 2012. If you would like to recommend another orthopedic practice expansion for this list, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.

A new bill advancing in the New Jersey legislature prevents insurers from requiring that patients try more than one pain medication before they can receive more powerful medications such as opioids when needed, according to a NJSpotlight report.

The new OsteoArthritis Pain Institute in Beach Park, Ill., a division of M.D. Total Care in Conway, S.C., is the first in northern Illinois to offer the Intra Articular Joint Program that serves an alternative to knee replacement surgery, according…

Electronic health record technology and services company SRS has received a substantial investment from Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm focusing on information technology.

Virginia Feldman, MD, chairperson of Hudson Valley Ambulatory Surgery in Middletown, N.Y., discusses how the big changes in healthcare will impact ambulatory surgery centers.

Arizona Bone and Joint Specialists completed a medical mission trip to the Dominican Republic in September 2012 in conjunction with Arizona Dominican Medical Friends and Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago Foundation.