A majority of physicians practiced in small medical practices comprised of two to 10 physicians in 2014, according to Statistica report.
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Of physicians surveyed, 61 percent said their overhead costs increased with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a Jackson Healthcare survey.
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, Va., recently opened the Sentara OrthoJoint Center, according to The Gazette-Virginian.
St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, named Selvon F. St. Clair, MD, PhD, director of spine surgery, according to a report by The Lima News.
Medtronic's OsteoCool RF Ablation System is designed to decrease pain associated with metastatic spinal tumor treatment, according to HospiMedica.com.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons named Kathleen Craig executive director.
Various trends are pushing down medical device prices and forcing technology companies to alter their business strategies, according to StarTribune.
The cervical total disc replacement device market reached $489.7 million in 2015, based on a Persistence report, according to medGadget.
Michael C. Holmstrom, MD, president of the Utah Orthopedic Association, spoke up on behalf of a bill supporting the use of medical marijuana for medicinal purposes, according to the Cache Valley Daily.
A judge sentenced Lisa Tseng, MD, to 30 years to life for the murder of three people after prescribing the patients painkillers including Percocet and Vicodin, according to CNN.