Author: Staff

In a Government HealthIT article, Tom Sullivan lays out seven ways to help physicians transition to ICD-10, according to a presentation by Cindy Seel, director of education and training with HRS, at AHIMA's annual convention.

Amerinet has signed a new agreement with R.S. Williams & Associates dba PCH Group for advisory services for patient-centered medical homes and specialty practices.

A study published in the September 2013 issue of Spine Deformity, researchers examined the current rate of postoperative surgical site infections in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis cases.

Geisinger Health System Neurosciences Institute announced it will host a comparative effectiveness research conference in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14.

Because spine surgery can produce smoke-filled operating rooms, surgeons need to unite with their operating room teams to petition, if not demand, that administrators develop policy that supports efficient smoke evacuation.

Alachua, Fla.-based AxoGen reported third quarter gross profits of $2.31 million, up 60.4 percent from the same period last year.

Aurora Spine's AmnioPUR liquid allograft for lumbar spine procedures was used for the first time in the U.S.

Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., announced the addition of Lawrence L. Conley, DO, to its medical staff, according to a report by The Moultrie Observer.

Alan Moskowitz, MD, a spine surgeon practicing with Kansas Orthopaedic Center in Wichita, will travel to Peru to provide medical care to under-served populations, according to a Wichita Business Journal report.

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has named James C. Metcalf Jr., MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery and announced that he will provide care at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, N.Y.