The competitive landscape for orthopedic and spine practices is changing rapidly. As value-based care expands, AI advances and more procedures move to the outpatient setting, leaders say success will depend on far more than surgical expertise alone. Editor’s note: Responses…
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Picture the payer workflows that consume the most time: prior authorization, coverage determination, payer-to-payer exchange, denial appeals. Long-running, multi-party, regulated. Now picture autonomous agents handling that work, reliably and under full audit, across payer and provider systems. Almost no one…
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Healthcare and life sciences organizations are moving quickly to develop AI applications for diagnostics, genomics and digital health. But many teams face practical challenges as projects scale, including limited access to compute resources, cloud latency and data privacy requirements that…
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Nursing shortages, bedside turnover and rising labor costs are forcing health systems to do more with less. Labor now accounts for nearly 60 percent of the average hospital’s expenses and replacing a staff nurse costs roughly $60,000. Every hour clinicians…
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- Kassaundra McKnight-Young, CNIO Healthcare Industry Principal, Zebra Technologies
- Gregory Carras, Regional Product Manager, Data Capture Solutions, Zebra Technologies
- Jennifer Gene, VP, Healthcare and Public Sector Sales, Levata
Julia Katarincic, MD, has been named president of East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics. She was also appointed chief of orthopedics for Brown University Health and chair of the department of orthopedics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University…
Shelden Martin, MD, of Scottsdale-based OrthoArizona has performed Arizona’s first augmented reality-assisted shoulder replacement surgery. Dr. Martin used the Arvis augmented reality system from Enovis, which gives surgeons real-time visual guidance during surgery, according to a July 9 news release.…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons released its inaugural “Orthopaedic Industry Report,” a market intelligence resource built to help healthcare leaders assess the trends shaping orthopedic care delivery. The report pulls together claims data, demographic trends, registry insights, AAOS member…
Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic, an orthopedic and sports medicine group, will serve as official team physician for Morgan County Schools in Georgia, according to a July 8 news release shared with Becker’s. Under the partnership, AOC will deliver comprehensive sports…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.¹ and one of the most common drivers of hospital readmission. One in five hospitalizations for COPD results in a return visit² — and for patients with…
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Peter Derman, MD, did not leave Texas Back Institute because he wanted distance from the institution. He is clear about that. After nearly eight years at the Plano-based spine group, where he served as a partner and executive committee member,…