Healthcare organizations face growing pressure to improve surgical outcomes while strengthening financial performance. At the same time, surgical patients are older and often present with more complex health needs that require careful preparation before procedures. Yet many organizations still rely…
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Medical technology company Advita Ortho has named three new C-suite executives. The company appointed Jeffrey Figg as CFO, Jorge Lopes as COO and Rebecca Young as chief human resources officer, according to a March 5 news release from Advita Ortho. …
Imagine scaling EHR workflow training across 35 health centers with just four trainers — without relying on classroom instruction. That was the reality for Access Community Health Network (ACCESS), Illinois’ largest federally qualified health center. Rather than expand headcount, ACCESS…
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Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare Medical Center-Orthopedic, Spine and Pain is using a new surgical table designed to improve outcomes for arthroscopic hip surgery. The Guardian HipCheck surgical table, developed by Stryker, uses a boot-like harness and the patient’s body weight to…
Bridgeport, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, became the first hospital in the world to use the Lapidus I-Beam plate in bunion surgery. Carl Hasselman, MD, an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at the hospital, performed five procedures using the…
Atlanta-based Resolve Pain Solutions acquired Southcoast Spine and Pain in Aiken, S.C., according to a March 9 news release. Russell Daniel, MD, a pain management physician will join Resolve’s platform as part of the acquisition. Along with his practice in…
Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky in Paducah suffered a data breach, Claim Depot reported March 6. Two separate incidents occurred involving the practice’s third-party vendor, Keystone Technologies. One incident happened in April 2025 and the other was between July and…
Intermountain Health is partnering with Tampa-based Shriner’s Children’s for pediatric care in Nevada, the Salt Lake City-based health system said March 5. The organizations signed a letter of intent to form a strategic affiliation for patients. Under that agreement Shriner’s…
Emily Mills, MD, joined the UCI Health Comprehensive Spine Center, according to a March 5 LinkedIn post. Dr. Mills joined the Irvine, Calif.-based group in September, and she’s also an assistant professor of orthopedics at the University of California, Irvine.…
When Shay Bess, MD, adult and pediatric orthopedic spine surgeon at Greenwood Village-based Colorado Scoliosis and Spine Specialists, helped formalize the International Spine Study Group more than a decade ago, adult spinal deformity research was still a fragmented field. Individual…
