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Deryk Jones, MD, team physician for the New Orleans Saints, said a team of physicians at Ochsner Hospital that performed knee surgery on Saints Coach Sean Payton, according to a report from WWL TV.

Thirty-three percent more health information exchanges reported being sustainable to eHealth Initiative this year compared to last year, according to a news release.

Anthony A. Scaduto, MD, has been appointed interim president and CEO of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, according to a hospital news release.

Kaiser Permanente has unveiled a new sports medicine center in the Promenade Medical Officers, in Elk Grove, Calif., according to a News-Sentinel report.

Starting today, Florida physicians can now look up patients on the statewide prescription drug database, according to a My Fox Orlando report.

Kentucky is beginning a pilot project with Ohio to prevent prescription drug abuse by sharing electronic prescribing data, according to a Courier-Journal report.

David Hay, MD, a sports medicine physician at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, recently performed hand surgery on Anaheim Ducks left winger Jason Blake, according to a Ducks news release.

There will be a Senate committee hearing on the marketing on football helmets and other sports-related equipment designed to reduce the risk of concussions, according to a report from Yahoo Sports.

Sports medicine physician Christopher Peer, MD, recently joined Portage Health Hospital in Michigan, according to a report from Fox and TV 6.

In a recent letter, the American Society of Anesthesiologists joined 19 other specialty physician associations in urging members of the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board as part of their broader deficit reduction package,…