Here are eight things for spinal surgeons to know for March 17, 2016.
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Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society granted Eric Major, K2M's co-founder, a 2016 Medallion for Entrepreneurship.
Many Americans are worried the CDC's updated opioid prescribing guidelines could prevent people with legitimate pain from obtaining pain medication, according to STAT.
Christopher R. Good, MD, of Reston-based Virginia Spine Institute, performed his 100th spinal fusion surgery using Mazor Robotics' Renaissance Robotic Guidance System.
Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center's Hooman Melamed, MD, offered advice on how to avoid electronic device-causing spinal problems.
Congress of Neurological Surgeons chose the AnzuMedical Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Platform to promote scientific discovery, enhance clinical best practices and share education content.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield designated Midland-based MidMichigan Medical Center a Blue Distinction Center+ for spine surgery as well as knee and hip replacement surgery, according to Midland Daily News.
Difficult patients are less likely to receive accurate diagnoses, based on Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands research, according to Medscape. Difficult patients were defined as those demonstrating disruptive behaviors. BMJ Quality and Safety published the studies online on March…
Caesarea, Israel-based Mazor Robotics sold a Renaissance system to Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
The Medical Device Epidemiology Network Initiative appointed Jeff Dunkel, Titan Spine vice president of strategic partnering, to the Executive Operations Committee.