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Boston-based Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School have partnered to offer the Sports Medicine Symposium 2011: Treating the Injured Athlete.

In the past 20 years, physicians have been urged by many groups to treat pain more aggressively — which often means prescribing more opioids and other prescription pain medications. This push has led to the number of prescriptions for opioids…

An AmericanEHR Partners report revealed that physicians may need more training on electronic health records to meet meaningful use requirements, according to a company news release.

Low back pain and functional limitations are not associated with increased fat content or paraspinal muscle atrophy in young adults, according to a study published in Spine.

Authors of an article published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that augmenting at-risk rotator cuff tears with platelet-rich fibrin matrix didn't improve re-tear rates or functional outcomes over traditional repairs.

Inaccuracies have been found in the reporting tools of Centricity Practice Solution and Centricity Electronic Medical Record products by GE Healthcare, according to an InformationWeek report.

Steven B. Wertheim, MD, co-president of Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, has been named an Atlanta Healthcare Leader for 2011 by Business Leader magazine, according to a Resurgens Orthopaedics news release.

Patients with subacromial impingement syndrome may receive better long-term improvement after an NSAID injection than a steroid injection, according to a report in AAOS Now.

Marc Philippon, MD, a hip surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., recently performed his surgery on Kansas City Royals second baseman Johnny Giavotella, according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.

A former surgical instrument technician has been sentenced to a year of probation for violating HIPAA, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.