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The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses' membership has elected its board of directors for the 2012-2013 term.

Kenneth Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon in Loveland, Colo., and co-founder of the Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery, discusses the inaugural meeting of SASS last November in Chicago.

Reportlinker projects U.S. demand for disposable medical supplies will increase 4.3 percent annually to $46.7 billion in 2016. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the disposable medical supplies market.

Patients who are treated at higher spending healthcare facilities may experience better outcomes than those treated at lower spending facilities, according to research in The National Bureau of Economic Research reported by the Washington Post. Read the full report in…

Jay C. Grochmal, MD, medical director of Snowden River Surgery Center in Baltimore, said in a news release that the aging baby boomer population has increased demand for cataract surgery.

A Dallas physician has performed a multiple cooled radiofrequency ablation of the sacroiliac joint using new equipment, marking the first such procedure to be performed in the state.

A new smartphone app aids physicians in discussing chronic pain and possible surgery complications with hernia patients, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The federal government's settlement regarding the accidental exposure of more than 1 million patients' personal information should teach physicians that the government "takes security breaches seriously," according to an American Medical News report.

Physicians should limit their use of telemedicine and continue to emphasize in-person patient contact despite the technology's cost-cutting effects, according to an InformationWeek staff editorial.

Scott E. Glaser, MD, is co-founder and president of the Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago, based in Burr Ridge, Ill. For more than 10 years, Dr. Glaser and co-founder Ira J. Goodman, MD, have provided comprehensive and minimally invasive treatment…