Patients with carpal tunnel syndrome often prefer to have a more collaborative relationship with medical providers when making decisions about their care, according to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons news release.
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The Office of the National Coordination for Health Information Technology issued an advance notice of proposed metadata standards for electronic health information exchange.
The American College of Radiology has released a statement on the accountability of offshore physicians who interpret images by teleradiology, arguing these physicians should meet or exceed the same standards met by physicians practicing within the United States.
Telemedicine around the world is estimated to have a 19 percent compound annual growth rate from 2010-2015, according to a Bharat Book Bureau news release.
A teleconference by CMS will explain meaningful use requirements for electronic health records, according to an AHA News Now report.
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The New York Society of Interventional Pain Physicians will hold its first annual symposium in November entitled "Pain Medicine Symposium 2011: Evolving Advanced Pain Therapies," according to an organization report.
Autologous chondrocyte implantation can produce good outcomes when used among young patients, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons CEO Karen L. Hackett, FACHE, CAE, recently led a group of executives from several organizations on a trip to China to discuss potential collaborations in the future, according to an AAOS Now report.
Lynette Bear, an nursing anesthetist at Laser Spine Institute in Philadelphia, has earned her doctorate degree in nursing with executive leadership from Rush University in Chicago, according to a practice news release.
Mary I. O'Connor, MD, chief of the department of orthopedic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., will be the principle investigator in a study examining why women are more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis than men, according to a…