The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently awarded Vernon T. Tolo, MD, with the William W. Tipton Jr., MD, Leadership Award, according to an AAOS Now report.
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James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., recently performed elbow surgery on Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Carpenter, according to an ESPN news report.
Jay Warden, Senior Vice President, The Camden Group, shares his thoughts on how the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the individual mandate will impact healthcare reform and delivery.
Although iPads allow physicians to show patients diagrams, medical records and photos by their bedside, the mobile technology may offer more distractions than benefits, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
Health IT vendors and healthcare providers are far from ready to start using ICD-10, according to a recent study conducted by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange and reported in Health IT Update.
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In a recent letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the MGMA advocated a thorough determination of new implementation timelines for ICD-10, according to a Health Data Management report.
HHS has announced the winners of HHS' "One Heart in a Million Hearts Challenge," part of the Investing in Innovation program.
Gastroenterologist T. K. Thomas, MD, has joined the medical staff of Baystate Mary Lane Hospital in Ware, Mass., according to a news release.
A Kentucky Senate committee approved legislation Tuesday allowing the attorney general control over the state's prescription drug tracking system, but it included revisions to protect physicians from excessive oversight, according to a Lexington Courier-Journal report.
Manatee County in Florida this week approved a new ordinance designed to regulate existing pain clinics in the county and cut down on those that sell prescription drugs for profit, according to a Bradenton Herald report.