Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City recently formed a partnership with a Brazilian managed care provider to create an orthopedics specialty hospital in Rio de Janeiro, according to a hospital news release.
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Johnson & Johnson and the University of Queensland's Institute of Molecular Bioscience drug development program will co-develop drugs for the treatment of chronic pain using parts of spider venom, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
The Orthopaedic & Spine Institute in San Antonio has added chronic pain management to its offerings, according to a news release.
A Deloitte report has found that 85 percent of physicians believe electronic health records are valuable for quality and improvements for patient care however, more than 65 percent of physicians do not believe EHRs improve diagnosis accuracy or treatment planning,…
Boston PainCare in Waltham, Mass., opened in May 2007 and currently has six board-certified pain management physicians. The center averages 3,700 procedures a year, 3,400 of which are pain management.
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Many Americans still receive insurance coverage from the kind of plans that were supposed to be eliminated through the Affordable Care Act — plans that place outrageously low limits on the amount they pay for medical care, according to Consumer…
A recent study conducted in India showed that platelet-rich plasma can enhance the rate of union among patients with non-united long bone fractures, according to an AAOS Now report.
A recent review of articles examining thromboprophylaxis after total joint arthroplasty found that most studies are sponsored by the industry and conclusions in those studies are favorable to the use of prophylactic agents, according to a report in the Journal…
Richard Steadman, MD, co-founder of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed knee surgery on Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden, according to a Businessworld report.
A new Kansas law requires athletes exhibiting signs of head injury to be removed from play and not return until they are cleared by a medical professional, according to a report from The Wichita Eagle.