Author: Staff

In the past 20 years, physicians have been urged by many groups to treat pain more aggressively — which often means prescribing more opioids and other prescription pain medications. This push has led to the number of prescriptions for opioids…

An AmericanEHR Partners report revealed that physicians may need more training on electronic health records to meet meaningful use requirements, according to a company news release.

The Texas Spine and Joint Hospital in Tyler has broken ground on an approximately $20 million construction project, according to a KLTV.com report.

Eight leading spine surgeons and industry experts discuss Medtronic's recombinant bone morphogenic-2 product Infuse and how the recent controversy over complication disclosures is impacting its use.

Low back pain and functional limitations are not associated with increased fat content or paraspinal muscle atrophy in young adults, according to a study published in Spine.

Authors of an article published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that augmenting at-risk rotator cuff tears with platelet-rich fibrin matrix didn't improve re-tear rates or functional outcomes over traditional repairs.

Companies & Markets released a report forecasting growth in the spinal surgery device market to reach $12.6 billion by 2017 at a CAGR of 10 percent.

Orthopedic and spine device companies Orthofix and Globus Medical have announced their support for the Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery's prospective data registry, according to various company news releases.

Financial payments from orthopedic device companies to orthopedic surgeons have changed from 2007-2010, potentially due to several factors surrounding financial conflict of interest and disclosures, according to a news release from JAMA/Archives.

Inaccuracies have been found in the reporting tools of Centricity Practice Solution and Centricity Electronic Medical Record products by GE Healthcare, according to an InformationWeek report.