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St. Luke's Performance Medicine, a department within St. Luke's The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital, has debuted its expansion and renovation, according to a Woodlands Online report.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Kevin McDonald, Senior Vice President of Sales, Revenue Cycle Solutions Division of SourceMedical Solutions will give a presentation titled "ICD-10."

A year-long study published in the American Journal of Managed Care showed that chronic opioid users place a significant economic burden on the healthcare system.

Ameritox appointed A. Scott Walton as its new CEO in September.

Derek Dooley, the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, underwent hip surgery at the Knoxville Orthopedic Clinic at UT Medical Center, according to a CBS Sports report.

Holmed Corporation, which includes the Holmed Swivel Port System from Spine Surgical Innovation for minimally invasive spine surgery, will be at the North American Spine Society annual meeting Oct. 24 to 26.

Payer+Provider Syndicate President Adam C. Powell, Ph.D., discusses the ambulatory surgery center as a disruptive force among healthcare providers and how ASCs can leverage this power in their market.

Jesse B. Jupiter, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been appointed president of the American Association for Hand Surgery, according to a local Wicked report.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, realizes implementing and utilizing electronic health records for meaningful use may be easier said than done. However, he is optimistic about the changing ecosystem of healthcare and the role meaningful…

CareFusion and Cerner have joined forces to implement the interconnected data sharing system for medication management at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.