Uncategorized

Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, a professor and associate chair of academic affairs in the orthopedics department at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, was named the winner of the 26th annual Athena Award, according to a medical center news…

In an article he co-authored in the New England Journal of Medicine, Philip Pizzo, MD, dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, urged for a public health campaign to educate people about chronic pain, according to a Stanford news…

Medtronic's RestoreSensor was approved by the FDA in Nov. 2011, and the neurostimulation device is gaining popularity in the treatment of pain, according to an ABC report.

With the increasing number of experienced health information exchange vendors in the market, physicians now look for lower cost options and long-term viability when choosing an HIE vendor, according to a 2011 KLAS report.

Florida state senators have introduced legislation that would set up a Florida health insurance exchange as required by the federal healthcare reform law, according to a Florida Independent report.

Here are 12 statistics on ambulatory surgery center pain management case volume from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Here are 15 orthopedic, spine and sports medicine research grants awarded to surgeons, device companies and researchers over the past year.

Action Products, a Hagerstown, Md.-based medical supplies company, recently ranked in the top 10 percent nationwide for GTIN Readiness, according to a company news release.

Scott Sporer, MD, and Wayne Paprosky, MD, both surgeons with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently became the first surgeons in the country to implant all compliant patients with radiostereometric analysis beads to monitor if a replacement implant is wearing down…

A new study found older patients with lower back pain are more likely to be given only painkillers after consultation, according to findings in Pain.