At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 26, 2012, author, television commentator and business journalist Suzy Welch moderated a panel discussion on ambulatory surgical centers over the next four years.
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A recent survey of North American Spine Society membership discussed why people with back pain go without treatment. According to the report, 66.5 percent of spine specialists surveyed believed that the fear of prospective treatments keep their patients from seeking…
Under the Republican's budget plan in the U.S. House of Representatives, federal Medicaid spending would be cut by $1.7 trillion between 2013 and 2022, according to a report by the nonpartisan Urban Institute for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and…
The American Medical Association will host a webinar to help physicians better manage chronic pain patients while minimizing the potential for prescription drug misuse.
Steward Center for Pain Management of Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., recently opened a satellite location at Coastal Medical in East Providence, R.I., according to a Patch report.
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ZocDoc has introduced the ZocDoc Check-In, which allows patients to fill out medical forms online prior to their visit.
Edward Akelman, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, has been appointed president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, according to a local Patch report.
Lewis Yocum, MD, orthopedic surgeon with Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, will perform Tommy John surgery on Orioles pitcher Randy Wolf, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
James Andrews, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Pensacola, Fla., will perform knee surgery on Houston Texan linebacker Brian Cushing, according to a Click 2 Houston report.
The orthopedic practice OrthoVirginia, HCA Virginia and real estate developer Lingerfelt Companies, all based in Richmond, Va., have opened a $25 million orthopedic and sports medicine facility.