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Massachusetts has successfully launched a statewide health information exchange.

Several leaders in ambulatory surgery centers will gather at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago to participate in a roundtable discussion on the how ambulatory surgery centers can increase profits and realize a double-digit profit growth during…

Mark Galland, MD, a physician with Orthopaedic Specialists of North Carolina, has released a podcast discussing chronic musculoskeletal injuries and treating overuse with platelet-rich plasma therapy.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the ExAblate MRI-guided focused ultrasound therapy to treat patients with pain from bone metastases.

The fungal meningitis outbreak is having an impact at interventional pain management clinics across the country, including Compassionate Pain Management in Dover, Del., according to WBOC 16.

Thomas Byrd, MD, of Nashville Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, performed hip debridement surgery on Cleveland Indians first baseman Matt LaPorta, according to a Waiting For Next Year report.

Timothy Iorio, MD, has joined SportsMedicine Grant & Orthopaedic Associates in Columbus, Ohio.

Communication break downs between primary care physicians and consulting pain management physicians can lead to inadequate and potentially hazardous patient care.

Robert Anderson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., will perform ankle surgery on New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, according to a New York Times report.

Hallmark Health System in Medford, Mass., has opened its new Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, according to a GateHouse News Service report.