HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (Texas) began this year by launching neurosurgery and neurotrauma programs and was recently recognized as a Center of Excellence in robotic surgery by the Surgical Review Corp., Community Impact Newspaper reported June 30.
Author: Alan Condon
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some of the benefits of performing spine surgery at ASCs, but hospitals are still struggling with patients' reluctance to have inpatient procedures.
A group of orthopedic surgeons argue that there is a need for their proposed 24-bed surgical hospital in Delray Beach, Fla., which has drawn opposition from local homeowners, according to The Sun Sentinel.
Robots have made a lot of noise in the spine industry in recent years, but currently offer more hype than clinical value, and can be cost prohibitive to ASCs, according to Frank Phillips, MD, director of spine surgery at Rush…
Construction of Covenant Medical Center's $140 million spine and orthopedic tower will resume in the next 60 days.
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Horizon Health has opened a multispecialty clinic in Paris, Ill., that will begin offering pain management services on July 7, Mywabashvalley.com reports.
Medtronic on June 29 broke ground on a 400,000-square-foot innovation campus in Lafayette, Colo.
Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is bolstering its presence in Northern Kentucky with two more clinics, according to The Lane Report.
Robotic-assisted surgery in orthopedics has grown tremendously in recent years, particularly for knee reconstruction, one of the fastest-growing procedures, according to Medical Device Network.
Reston (Va.) Hospital Center, part of HCA Virginia Health System, is injecting almost $20 million into its surgery department to expand spine and orthopedic services, among other specialties.