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Daniel J. Berry, MD, president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, recently released a letter asking members to support the Orthopaedic PAC this election year, according to an AAOS report.

The Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society has inducted Greg Gallant, MD, MBA, as its new president, according to a POS news release.

This month the Office of Civil Rights will begin auditing covered entities and business associates for HIPAA compliance, according to the OCR.

Several orthopedic specialty and subspecialty groups have joined together to promote the Operation Walk USA initiative to treat underprivileged patient populations in the United States, according to a report from AAOS Now.

Former National Basketball Association player Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway recently joined with Sprite/Coca-Cola, Campbell Clinic in Memphis and current NBA player LeBron James to launch a sports complex that includes a sports medicine facility, according to a Bradenton report.

In a recent study, Cleveland Clinic researchers found that modern football helmets aren't any better at reducing concussion risks than the old leather football helmets — and sometimes they are worse, according to a Time report.

Richard Canlas, MD, a family sports medicine physician, recently joined ThedaCare Physicians-New London (Wis.), according to a report from the Post-Crescent West.

Researchers found spinal cord stimulation is not a cost-effective treatment for failed back surgery syndrome among patients receiving workers' compensation, according to findings published in Spine journal.

To address concerns of the impact of health IT on patient safety, the Institute of Medicine has suggested 10 ways the government can ensure HIT products and practices do not harm patients.

Randeep S. Kahlon, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and professor in the department of physical therapy at the University of Delaware in Newark, has been elected president of the Medical Society of Delaware, according to a UDaily news report.