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The National Football League plans to adopt an electronic health record solution provided by eClinicalWorks.

The National Basketball Association has announced plans to implement an electronic platform to store health information for athletes on its 30 professional teams, according to an eWeek report.

When the Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in June, a great deal of uncertainty around the future development and adoption of telemedicine lifted. According to the American Telemedicine Association, the ruling will accelerate the deployment…

Orthopedic surgeon Casey Beran, MD, has been inducted into the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Hall of Fame, according to a local KCSR report.

A new medical campus in Harford County plans to include orthopedics and sports medicine, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Medical Group has announced that it is offering its patients the new Medtronic AdaptiveStim with RestoreSensor neurostimulation system, which is the first pain treatment system that leverages motion sensor technology found in consumer electronics such as smartphones…

The Newbridge Spine & Pain Center in Prince Frederick, Md., has announced the opening of its new center in Waldorf, Md.

Here are 10 pain management physicians recently on the move. If you would like to submit news about a pain physician move, please contact Laura at lmiller@beckershealthcare.com.

As part of its "Mobile Devices: Know the RISKS. Take the STEPS. PROTECT and SECURE Health Information" education initiative, HHS has suggested 11 ways hospitals and providers can protect and secure health information on mobile devices.

SK&A released its report titled, "Physician Office Acceptance Government Insurance Programs," which showed 83.6 percent of medical providers accept Medicare and 67 percent accept Medicaid, though a decline may be imminent.