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Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD, chair of orthopedics at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., has been elected president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America.

A new study out of the University of Arizona College of Engineering shows that cartilage regeneration for bone and joint repair is getting closer for patient with damaged joints and osteoarthritis.

The Missouri State Orthopaedic Association has awarded Michael S. Clarke, MD, with the Award for Distinguished Service, according to a News-Leader report.

Baltimore orthopedic surgeon, Lew C. Schon, MD, was named president of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society.

William Meyers, MD, of Vincera Core Physicians in Philadelphia performed surgery on Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki to repair athletic pubalgia, according to an ESPN report.

HealthReach Rehabilitation Services now offers comprehensive baseline testing to help physicians properly treat young athletes after a concussion.

A total of $662 million in incentives were paid for both the Physician Quality Reporting System and e-Prescribing Incentive Programs in 2010, which represents a 72 percent increase since 2009, according to a CMIO report.

Fifty-seven percent of Medicare physicians used an electronic health record system at their primary practice location in 2011, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (pdf).

A group of academic emergency medicine specialists has launched a national registry to gather patient feedback on Sprix nasal spray for pain management, Regency Therapeutics announced today.

Patients receiving intravenous acetaminophen after bariatric surgery had a significantly lower requirement for opioids in the day following surgery, according to a study reported in MedPage Today.