Practice Management

Two-factor authentication is one of many methods used to protect patient information as ransomware attacks become more prevalent among physician practices in addition to hospitals and health systems.

Twin Cities Orthopedics plans to open a clinic in Brooklyn Park, Minn., the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported March 31.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute has opened a new location in Brick, N.J., which offers treatment of surgical and non-operative orthopedic issues and orthotics, along with virtual visits. 

Neurosurgeons, John Afshar, MD, and John Robinson Jr., MD, opened a Stuart, Fla., office as part of Palm Beach Neuroscience Institute, South Florida Hospital News reported March 31.

Coastal Orthopedics has broken ground on an 88,000-square-foot medical center that will feature a six-operating room surgery center in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.

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Medical City Fort Worth (Dallas) has been recertified with The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for spine surgery.

The Joint Commission has awarded Englewood (N.J.) Health its Gold Seal of Approval for spinal fusion for the fourth time since 2012.

Peoria, Ill.-based Great Plains Orthopedics is expanding its practice to OSF HealthCare's St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg, Ill., The Register-Mail reported March 25.

Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island opened a new $33 million facility, according to a March 25 report from the Warwick Beacon.