As society becomes increasingly electronic, data breaches are a major problem for many organizations. Concern for data breaches in the healthcare industry is especially prevalent because of the variety of protected information hospitals and health systems handle. In addition, healthcare…
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The Health Care Service Corporation, the parent corporation for the Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans for Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas issued a new draft policy for lumbar spinal fusions.
Accountable care organizations will have a positive influence on the quality of pain care across the country, according to a News-Medical report covering the American Pain Society's annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Daniel Carr, MD, of Tufts University in Boston,…
The American Pain Society last week honored the recipients of its sixth-annual Clinical Centers of Excellence in Pain Management Awards, which recognize outstanding pain care centers throughout the country.
Although overall physician engagement took a slight hit last year, more physicians in 2011 believed their organizations would be successful in the coming years compared with 2010, according to results from "The State of Staff Physician Engagement: 2011 in Review."
Here are 15 spine surgeons and specialists who serve on device company advisory boards. Sign up for our FREE Spine E-Weekly for more coverage like this sent to your inbox!Frank Cammisa, MD (Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City). Dr.…
In a session titled “Building a Leading Neurosurgery and Spine Program,” at Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting on May 17 in Chicago, Casey Nolan, managing director of Healthcare Navigant, discussed the steps hospitals must take to construct a world-class neurosurgery…
The University of South Carolina has opened a new sports medicine center, according to a WSPA report.
Medtronic's spine revenue dropped 6 percent during the fourth quarter of the 2012 fiscal year to $818 million due to poor United States sales.
Misonix entered into a distribution agreement with Lithuania-based Apex Medicus to distribute its SonaStar Ultrasonic Aspirator and BoneScalpel Ultrasonic Bone Cutter.