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Ultrasound guided injections can position pain practices with several clinical and business advantages, says Neil Chatterjee, MD, a pain physician with Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, Virginia. "An ultrasound is a strategic addition to many practices, as  it can improve…

David Blumenthal, MD, former head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, recently wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine that the success of the HITECH Act and other health IT initiatives seem "inevitable, in…

James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., will perform knee surgery on Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin, according to a USA Today report.

The Cincinnati Reds Double-A farm system team, the Pensacola (Fla.) Blue Wahoos, recently announced the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine as its official medical provider, according to a team news release.

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center’s sports medicine practice has been recognized by the New York Athletic Administrators Association as the 2011 Community Service Recipient, according to a URMC news report.

The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.

Pain management was the fourth most common specialty in ambulatory surgery centers with 17 percent of overall case volume, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Using compensation data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey 2011 Report Based…

David Gallagher, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in sports medicine, recently joined UHS Medical Group Orthopedics in Binghamton, N.Y., according to an ABC news report.

Gary Franklin, MD, medical director for the Department of Labor and Industries, and Jeff Thompson, MD, medical director for the Health Care Authority, wrote in a Seattle Times editorial that although the methadone deaths are increasing in Washington State, the…

A new study found listening to music can be effective for reducing pain in high-anxiety patients who are easily absorbed in cognitive activities, according to findings published in The Journal of Pain.