Author: Claire Wallace

Healthgrades has released its list of top hospitals for 2023, including the top hospitals for orthopedic surgery, spine surgery, outpatient joint replacements, outpatient total knee replacements and outpatient total hip replacements.

Here are four hospitals and health systems that have earned certifications for orthopedic and spine care since April 13: 

Medical technology company Stryker has launched its new Ortho Q Guidance system, the only fully autonomous guidance system in orthopedics. 

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has cut the ribbon on its Ahuja Medical Center's UH Drusinsky Sports Medicine Institute, part of a $236 million expansion in Beachwood, Ohio, according to a July 4 report from cleveland.com.

While orthopedic and spine surgeons are always learning new things in the operating room, they are also practicing and honing skills unrelated to their daily work tasks. 

Iowa surgeon Lynn Lindaman, MD, an orthopedist at West Des Moines-based Lindaman Orthopaedics, has signed an agreement with the Iowa Board of Medicine not to practice until two counts of abuse are resolved in court, according to a July 5…

PELTO Health Partners, a network of independent physicians and providers from Durham, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho, Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy and Seattle-based Proliance Surgeons, has added Wayne Weil, MD, to its board of directors, according to a July 5 LinkedIn post.

Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) has earned The Joint Commission's gold seal of approval for total hip replacement, total knee replacement, total shoulder replacement and hip fractures.

A multispecialty surgery center anchored by Jax Spine & Pain Centers and the University of Florida Health Jacksonville has opened in Jacksonville to provide interventional spine procedures and pain management services to the community, according to a July 5 report…

Several major national insurers, including Cigna, Aetna and Highmark, have revised policies to cover expanded spine and orthopedic procedures this year.