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The Less Exposure Surgery Society is slated to sponsor a spine surgeon symposium during the Congress of Neurological Surgeons' annual meeting at the end of the month.

The medical book and journal publisher Elsevier will introduce five books on orthopedic hand surgery during the American Society for Surgery of the Hand's annual meeting at the end of the month.

Early discharge following a total joint replacement does not increase postoperative complication rates, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery.

The Brockton, Mass.-based Good Samaritan Medical Center is set to host a free patient-education lecture series this fall, according to the Bridgewater Independent.

Healthcare is becoming more patient-centric and pain management physicians, like physicians across many specialties, are tailoring treatments to each patient. A multidisciplinary approach to pain management is taking hold, and allowing patients to play an integral part in their treatment…

Surgeons are increasingly performing total joints on an outpatient basis. Orthopedic surgeon Alexander van der Ven, MD, has seen the industry transform since he began practicing in 2005, with technological advancements paving the way for total joints to shift to…

A new study published in Clinical Spine Surgery examines minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients compared to the standard open posterior approach.

Department of Health and Human Services purchases doubled in the last 10 years and are expected to keep rising, according to a Kaiser Health News report. The current HHS spending is $21 billion annually, making it the third highest contracting…

CMS released its second annual evaluation report for Models 2 through 4 of the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative in a blog post.

A Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health study found while physician employment is increasing, this trend may not improve patient care, according to Medical Xpress.