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There is disagreement in the medical field about the success of accountable care organizations in creating cost-savings and quality care, according to a Healthcare IT News report.

A new study published in Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine examines whether the Oswestry Disability Index is a good assessment for individual longer-term patient experience after lumbar spinal surgery.

Data breaches can substantially impact a health system and compromise thousands of patients' personal information.

Here are 17 key notes on orthopedic and spine device companies over the past week.

Mark Hadley, MD, is a neurosurgeon and professor at the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine.

The Townsend, Wash.-based hospital district Jefferson Healthcare has added John D. Osland, MD, to its orthopedic clinic, according to Peninsula Daily News.

The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based pharmaceutical company Sonoran Biosciences recently received a $1.48 million grant to continue research on treatment for prosthetic joint infections, according to the Phoenix Business Journal.

Nearly 25 years ago, Mark Kaufman saw an opportunity to combine outpatient physical therapy with community outreach work. What started as a single physical therapy center in Chicago has since expanded to multiple locations throughout Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,…

Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for Aug. 18, 2016.

M. Ellen Beatty, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, a practice with offices throughout Florida. She is a founding member of the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, and today practices at the institute's offices in Tampa, Fla.