At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Susan Charkin, MPH, will give a presentation titled "Vendor Market Intelligence – An Industry Overview of ASCs."
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William C. Watters III, MD, is the first vice president of the board of directors of the North American Spine Society, where he has been a member since 1987. He practices spine surgery at The Baylor College of Medicine and…
Robert J. Tait, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon in practice with The Joint Replacement Center at the Orthopaedic Institute of Henderson in Nevada. He also serves as the chief of staff at St. Rose Dominican Hospital Siena in Henderson,…
In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, researchers from the Hospital of Special Surgery in New York, used magnetic resonance imaging to examine adverse synovial responses in patients after receiving metal-on-metal hip implants after…
Steve Garfin, MD, board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon, has been granted the 2013 ISSLS Wilste Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Nuvasive, according to a report by Spine.
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The national trend for physicians leans toward hospital employment, but many orthopedic and spine specialty groups have remained fiercely independent. While being a single surgeon or small group practice continues to be difficult, larger physician specialty groups are thriving. Stephen…
Kingsley R. Chin, MD, is an orthopedic spine surgeon and founder of the Institute for Modern & Innovative Spine Surgery in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He is currently an affiliate associate professor at the Charles E. Schmidt School of Medicine at…
This article is written by Richard Wohns, M.D., JD, MBA.Over the past 20 years, an increasing number of spinal surgeries have transitioned from inpatient to outpatient. This is due to multiple factors including the evolution of minimally invasive spine surgery…
A study recently published in Spine examined data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2002 to 2009 on patients who underwent elective anterior or posterior cervical fusion at teaching hospitals.
CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will be conducting a webinar on June 6 on advancing interoperability through meaningful use.