Results from the first prospective study of minimally invasive facet arthrodesis and long-term data on spinal cord stimulation showed that these surgical techniques can achieve pain relief in patients with various back pain conditions, according to a news release from…
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Three Regent Surgical Health ASCs — Midland Surgical Center in Sycamore, Ill., Southern New Mexico Surgery Center in Alamogordo, N.M., and Surgical Hospital of Munster (Ind.) — were recently honored with CTQ Solutions' Apex Quality Award, according to a Regent…
1. Leading is not the same as managing. There is a huge difference between managing and leading. "Leaders do the right thing and managers do things right," it has been said. While managers focus on working toward the organization's goals,…
A recent nationwide survey of nurses shows that many of them plan to leave their jobs, suggesting that the nursing shortage will return, according to a release from AMN Healthcare.
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In a setback for physicians and hospitals, the Illinois Supreme Court nullified the state's medical malpractice law, ruling that a cap on non-economic damages enacted in 2005 by the state legislature is invalid.
Independent actuaries working for the CMS reported that the healthcare sector's share of the economy grew by 1.1 percent in 2009, the largest one-year increase ever reported, according to a report in Health Affairs.
North Central Orthopedics and Goshen Bone and Joint Center, both located in Goshen, Ind., are merging to form Goshen Orthopedic Care, which will be part of Goshen Health System, according to a report in The Goshen News.
Romilla Anwar, MD, of New Providence, N.J., and Anatoly Sunik of Rego Park, N.Y., were sentenced on Jan. 29, 2010, to 30 months and 12 months in prison, respectively, in a Manhattan Federal Court after pleading guilty to healthcare fraud…
St. Paul, Minn.-based St. Jude Medical has announced FDA clearance of its Swift-Lock anchor, a new product designed to help physicians efficiently secure neurostimulation leads utilized in spinal cord stimulation therapy for the management of chronic pain, according to a…