Michael Bryant, DO, an orthopedic surgeon at Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic, will provide orthopedic specialty outreach services at the Pondera Medical Center Clinic in Conrad, Mont., according to a report by The Independent-Observer.  

Power Liens, an online directory of physicians on liens that personal injury attorneys and their clients need, has announced that it has added pain management to its list of specialties.

Physician age, specialty and practice size are key indicators of electronic health record adoption, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Here are 18 statistics about orthopedic surgeon subspecialty areas of practice based on data from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' 2010 Orthopaedic Surgeon Census.

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1. 39.6 percent of surgeons identified arthroscopy as their area of practice
2. 39 percent identified as adult knee
3. 38 percent identified as sports medicine
4. 29.1 percent identified as adult hip
5. 17.8 percent identified as total joint replacement
6. 17.3 percent identified as hand
7. 16.5 percent identified as shoulder and elbow
8. 12.3 percent identified as adult spine
9. 11.4 percent identified as foot and ankle
10. 10.7 percent identified as trauma
11. 6.5 percent identified as no specialty
12. 4.8 percent identified as non-operative practitioners
13. 4.2 percent identified as pediatric orthopedics
14. 3.3 percent identified as disability or legal orthopedics
15. 2.8 percent identified as pediatric spine
16. 1.9 percent identified as other specialty
17. 1.2 percent identified as rehabilitation/prosthetics/orthotics
18. 0.9 percent identified as orthopedic oncology

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Q: Is single-specialty pain management still viable?

 

Amy Mowles, president & CEO of Mowles Medical Management: There's a big misconception, even from people in the know, about pain management. The short answer is: Single-specialty pain management is definitely still viable.

In anticipation of the 2012 congressional elections, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and six other specialty societies have joined together to prepare physicians for future public service, according to a story in AAOS Now.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons formally submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposals for accountable care organizations, focusing on payment provisions and asking for clarity regarding the specialists' roles, according to an AAOS Now report.

Bradford K. Matthews, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, recently joined the Sanpete Valley Hospital Specialty Clinic in Mount Pleasant, Utah, according to a report from The Pyramid.