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Andrea Trescot, MD, a pain management physician with Orthopaedic Associates of St. Augustine, was recently honored with the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians' Chairman's Elite Award, according to a practice news release.

Injuries among Major League Baseball players resulting in being placed on the disabled list is common, with the most prevalent injuries including upper extremity conditions in pitchers and lower extremity injuries among position players, according to research published in The…

Many physicians are using Direct Project, a component of the Nationwide Health Information Network, to exchange patient data securely between two points, according to an American Medical News report.

Here are four studies occurring at Rush University Medical Center revolving around cartilage repair and regeneration.

iPad application drchrono — which includes speech-to-text technology, paperless billing, e-prescription filling and other features — has received meaningful use certification as a complete electronic health record, according to a company news release.

Russ B. Rauls, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has joined Knox Orthopaedics in Mountain Home, Ark., according to a Baxter Bulletin report.

T. Scott Maughon, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Institute of Gwinnett in Duluth, Ga., has been selected as the healthcare provider for the Atlanta Professional Golf Association 2011 tournament, according to a practice report.

According to a report by the Sun Sentinel, protesters have been picketing a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pain clinic, claiming it is a pill mill that is responsible for the death of a 57-year-old nurse from a prescription drug overdose.

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has announced the appointment of Standiford Helm II, MD, as president.