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,…
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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.
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…
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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.
Terrance Orr, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Tahoe Orthopedic & Sports Medicine, will be accompanying the United States Men's Alpine Ski Team to the 2014 Olympic Games as head team physician, according to a Carson Now report.
Florida laws regulating pain management practices and prescription painkillers were supposed to crack down on the state's pill mill problem, but they have created barriers to care for many patients, according to two ABC 7 reports.
Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., found a family of sensory nerve proteins known as piezo proteins are essential to the sensation of painful touch, according to a Scripps news release.