Robots have become central in the future of the orthopedic device market and joint replacement surgery over the last several years. However, as these technologies become more ubiquitous, surgeons have begun questioning their true value in surgical care at a…
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Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch has selected Brent Bauer, MD, to serve as chief of orthopedic trauma in its department of orthopedic surgery & rehabilitation beginning in the fall. Dr. Bauer will join UTMB from the Largo-based University of…
Smokers. Diabetic patients. Revision cases. Multilevel fusions. These are the patients where reliable fusion is hardest to achieve and where biologic selection carries the most weight. A clinical evidence review brings together more than 10 years of published literature and…
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Orthopedic surgeon John Noble Jr., MD, died June 11 at age 61. Dr. Noble practiced orthopedic surgery in Louisiana for more than three decades and joined the Lake Charles, La.-based Center for Orthopaedics in 2000, according to his obituary. He…
Healthcare leaders have long debated what will reshape orthopedic surgery. Robotics. AI. Navigation systems. Endoscopic procedures. The assumption has been straightforward: the organizations that adopt new technologies the fastest will gain the greatest advantage. But during a panel discussion at…
Most health systems can launch an AI pilot. Far fewer turn that early momentum into measurable, organization wide results. The first months after deployment are where it’s decided. Measurement choices, workflow friction and change management either embed AI into daily…
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- H. Jay Wisnicki, M.D., Medical Director, Union Square Eye Center
- Aaron Nye, Chief Operations Officer, Connect America
- Stephanie Lahr, MD, CHCIO, FACHDH, Chief Medical Information Officer, IntelePeer
When Gundersen Health System and Bellin Health merged to form Emplify Health in 2025, training leaders faced a clear challenge: unify EHR education across two organizations and tens of thousands of clinicians without disrupting care. Their answer was a shift…
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Innovation rarely fails because the technology falls short. More often, it fails because organizations underestimate what it takes to adopt it. Michael Gallizzi, MD, a robotic and endoscopic spine surgeon at The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., has spent years…
For decades, spine surgery has largely operated on a straightforward premise: identify the problem and fix it. If an MRI showed spinal stenosis, instability, deformity and degeneration, the goal was often to address as much of the pathology as possible.…
Global medical technology company Advita Ortho presented nine scientific studies at the 26th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery in Matsuyama, Japan, highlighting research on AI-generated shoulder digital twins, automated surgical planning and navigation technologies…