Here are 10 health systems and practices hiring spine surgeons and neurosurgeons, using LinkedIn’s job search tool. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. 1. HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., seeks an orthopedic spine surgery…
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Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic has opened an orthopedic walk-in clinic, OrthoNOW, expanding access to same-day care for musculoskeletal injuries. The clinic is designed to treat non-life-threatening orthopedic conditions, including sprains, strains and closed fractures, which account for over 20% of…
A jury awarded a spine practice $6.4 million in damages after determining that payroll service firm Ataraxis defrauded the group, Idaho Statesman reported April 13. Meridian-based Spine Institute of Idaho hired Ataraxis in 2012 for payroll tax reporting and filings.…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has opened a 20,700-square-foot sports medicine center in Sacramento, Calif., according to an April 13 report from ABC 10. The Sports Medicine Center at Sacramento Downtown Commons has a procedure room, seven exam rooms and four…
Healthcare organizations are moving fast on AI — but many are hitting a more fundamental obstacle: their data is not ready to support it. Fragmented records, interoperability gaps and unreliable pipelines mean AI results can be inconsistent, hard to trust…
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Julie Smith
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Romil Chadha
Chief Medical Information Officer, UK HealthCare
Emily Webber
Chief Medical Information Officer, Indiana University Health and Riley Children's Health
David Burwell
Chief Quality Officer, Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC
Conrad Gleber
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
For a growing share of members, the care journey now begins not with a nurse line or portal, but with AI. Conversational tools are stepping in before a clinician is involved, guiding symptom interpretation and next-step decisions. While this shift…
May 21, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM America/Chicago
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Rachel French
Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, MD Live by Evernorth
Johnson & Johnson reported nearly $2.4 billion in orthopedic sales during the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 6.3% from the previous year, according to financial results posted April 14. Here are six more notes:
Austin, Texas-based CPIhealth has acquired Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists and Serenity Surgical Center. Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists, which has clinic locations in Munster and Chesterton, Ind., is led by Shaun Kondamuri, MD, and Satish Dasari, MD. The surgery center is…
Musculoskeletal care is facing a growing paradox: as demand rises and more procedures move into outpatient settings, it’s becoming harder, not easier, to get patients treated. A new wave of payer policies, from algorithm-driven prior authorization to reimbursement cuts and…
Medtech companies SpineGuard and Omnia Medical completed the transfer of SpineGuard assets and entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for PediGuard devices. Omnia Medical will have full responsibility over the commercialization of PediGuard devices in the U.S., integrating the devices…