Charles J. Gatt Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon at University Orthopaedic Associates in New Jersey, has been appointed as Program Director of Limb Salvage and Regeneration for the Rutgers-Cleveland Clinic Consortium of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, according…
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The American Medical Informatics Association has suggested the FDA articulate its definition of clinical decision support systems, according to an AMIA news release.
The Medical Board of California is investigating charges that a Southern California physician withheld part of Demerol injections for pain patients and took them himself, according to a Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch report.
Steven T. Nguyen, MD, an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management, has joined the New England Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Center at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., according to an iBerkshires report.
W. P. Andrew Lee, MD, a professor in the department of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, was recently elected president of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, according to a…
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David Altchek, MD, a shoulder surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, recently performed ulnar collateral ligament repair on Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco, according to an NBC Sports report.
As authorities clamp down on abuse of prescription painkillers and similar substances, more physicians are receiving criminal charges for involvement in fatal overdoses of patients, according to a Reuters report.
A new survey shows that 44% of patients in U.S. outpatient settings received potentially inadequate relief of moderate-to-severe acute pain, according to a Janssen Pharmaceuticals news release (pdf).
The federal health IT strategic plan (pdf) for 2011-2015, released by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, lists adoption of electronic health records and information exchange as the top goal.
Here are 13 joint replacement surgeons and industry experts discussing whether partial knee replacements are a passing trend or the way of the future.