Of Healthgrades’ top 100 hospitals for spine surgery, more than 15 are in the Northeast. Here are the best hospitals in the Northeast by state. Connecticut Danbury Hospital Maryland The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore) TidalHealth Peninsula Regional (Salisbury) UM Baltimore…
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From supply chain disruption to payer friction, healthcare’s persistent operational challenges share a common root: contracts. Yet for many health systems, critical agreement data remains scattered and underutilized — limiting visibility, fueling revenue loss and increasing exposure to risk. This…
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Clinical leaders understand the value of early cancer detection — but scaling hereditary cancer risk assessment across multiple care sites? That’s a different challenge entirely. HCA Healthcare Sarah Cannon Cancer Network faced this challenge head-on. Through a strategic partnership, they…
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RWJBarnabas Health and BJC Medical Group are confronting one of healthcare’s biggest threats: workforce instability. These leaders are rethinking how they recruit, retain and deploy physicians — not as a reaction to shortages but as a strategy to build long-term…
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Dr. Matt Broom
Chief Medical Officer, BJC Medical Group
Dr. Michael Loftus
Senior Vice President for System Medical Affairs, RWJBarnabas Health; Chief Medical Officer, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Shannon Peterson
Senior Vice President, Medicus Healthcare Solutions
On any given day, April Armstrong, MD, might move from teaching surgical residents to mapping gene variants to talking with patients in their 90s about their goals for life after a fracture. It’s that blend of science, systems and empathy…
Procedures across all specialties are seeing increased volume and opportunities at ambulatory surgery and outpatient centers, and orthopedics and spine is no different. As CMS removes more procedures from its Inpatient Only List, the demand for surgeries to be performed…
Expandable cage designs are effective in spinal fusion, but devices that address more than just disc height alone have additional benefits, according to a study published in the October issue of the International Journal of Spine Surgery. The study included…
Ehsan Jazini, MD, performed the first two-level lumbar disc replacement combining the TOPS spine system. He performed the milestone case at Reston (Va.) Hospital at L4-L5 and L5-S1, according to a Nov. 7 news release. The patient previously had spinal…
Dan Cooper, MD, and Kevin Kaplan, MD, performed knee surgery on Travis Hunter, a wide receiver and defensive back for the Jacksonville Jaguars, in Dallas on Nov. 11. The surgery was to repair an isolated lateral collateral ligament in Mr.…
Matawan, N.J.-based Alliance Orthopedics has added Roman Ashmyan, DO, to its orthopedic staff. Dr. Ashmyan specializes in shoulder replacement surgery and arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder, elbow, and knee, as well as sports medicine, according to a Nov. 11 news…