Author: Claire Wallace

Twenty-eight ASCs, including three ASCs specializing in orthopedic and spine care, have been named the best of 2023 by patient safety reporter Leapfrog and online magazine Money. 

Medical device company Centinel Spine saw record revenue and growth in 2022, achieving the No. 2 total disc replacement market position globally. 

Medical technology company Zimmer Biomet has acquired Ossis, a medical device company specializing in personalized 3D-printed implants for hip replacements. 

The Reno (Nev.) Orthopedic Center Foundation, founded by orthopedic surgeon Timothy Bray, MD, has hired Miranda Hoover as its new director. 

ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by research laboratory OpenAI, is being used in healthcare for both practical and speculative applications. 

Orthopedic surgical navigation developer Caira Surgical has secured three new patents for its advanced radar surgical tracking and fast landmark registration technologies for use in robotic joint replacement surgery. 

Northwest Specialty Hospital has broken ground on an orthopedic and spine-focused ASC in Post Falls, Idaho, according to an April 29 report from the Coeur d'Alene Press.

From the time Roger Hartl, MD, a neurosurgeon and director of neurosurgery spine for New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine and co-director for New York Presbyterian Och Spine, completed his medical school rotations in the country of Malawi, he knew…

Leaders and physicians in the spine and orthopedic space have a wide range of opinions on where value-based care is headed in the field. 

Five states in the U.S. currently have fewer than 100 practicing orthopedic surgeons, according to April 25 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.