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In 1999, the American Migraine Study II indicated that nearly 28 million people in the United States suffered from migraine headaches (MH). Subsequent studies have indicated a steady increase in this number — to more than 37 million today, according to the National Headache Foundation (NHF).

Ohio faces an epidemic of prescription drug abuse and overdose. Since 2007, there are more deaths from drug overdose than from motor vehicle traffic crashes in Ohio. Ohio legislators have vowed to reverse this alarming trend. Recent revisions to the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) regulations aim to do just that. This article highlights some of the key changes affecting health care providers.

Syed Zaidi, MD, was only three years out of fellowship training in 2010 when he was elected President of Radiology Associates of Canton (RAC). Founded in 1971, the 24-physician radiology group had been highly successful in providing comprehensive imaging and interventional radiology services to Stark and Summit County hospitals for almost four decades.

Ten years ago, the Ohio General Assembly passed its first “I’m Sorry” legislation, designed to prevent a physician’s apologetic expressions of sympathy, commiseration, condolence, compassion, or general sense of benevolence to a patient or patient’s family following an unanticipated clinical outcome, from being introduced into evidence in a malpractice action as an admission of liability. 

For most of the 21st century, the focus of cardiology has centered on improving the quality of care and implementing evidence-based clinical guidelines. A recent study suggests those efforts have yielded a string of remarkable successes.

End-stage ankle arthritis is a debilitating condition that is frequently treated by experienced foot and ankle surgeons. Arthritis of the ankle negatively impacts an individual’s quality of life as much as arthritis of the hip and congestive heart failure. It is estimated that by age 76, one of every five Americans will suffer from this ailment.

Thinking about a career move from clinical medicine to healthcare administration? Kent State University’s Executive MBA for Healthcare Professionals makes the transition easy with an innovative online-onsite approach.

Almost 34.5 million Americans have a hearing loss, which is the third most common health problem in the United States.

Have great faith. Expect great things. A group of neurosurgeons, neurologists and administrators did just that when planning Akron General Health System’s Neuroscience Institute. Three years later, with the addition of a technologically ‘smart’ operating suite that integrates intraoperative MRI (iMRI) to guide surgical planning and navigation, as well as two intraoperative CT (iCT) ORs and a state-of-the-art neuro-interventional lab, the Institute is now complete. And it’s quite impressive.