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Alexander P. Hersel, MD, medical director of Pain Management and Injury Relief Medical Center, recently released an article ensuring patients that epidural steroid injections are still a safe treatment despite the recent outbreak of meningitis tied to the New England…

About 75 percent of patients taking oxycodone controlled-release for chronic pain report suffering from side effects, according to Pharmacy News.

Progress is underway on the $1.2 million Pain Management of North Idaho clinic in Coeur D Alene, Idaho, according to the Journal of Business.

Salary is the most basic component of any compensation package, but what are the most common benefits outside of salary that hospitals and practices offer physicians?

In today's electronic world, access to critical data is paramount criteria for success. Physicians and nurses need access to patient's records to ensure proper delivery of care. Too many restrictions or complicated access methodologies to internal systems can have potentially…

Late last week, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that state governors must declare to HHS how they plan to comply with the Affordable Care Act's state exchange requirement by November 16. States that plan to establish their own exchanges now…

Jeffrey Mjaanes, MD, a primary care sports medicine physician with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, worked on the sidelines with the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team during a game against Germany in Chicago.

Ross Winakor, MD, has been installed as president of the Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians, according to a Hartford Courant report.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has received the Bronze CLIO award from CLIO Healthcare, an awards competition for advertising, design and communications.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation has honored Robert F. LaPrade, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with The Steadman Clinic, according to a Vail Daily report.