Practice Management

Hospitals in California's Central Valley are ceasing elective surgeries to prioritize staff and resources for its worst COVID-19 surge during the pandemic, ABC30 reports.

In the last two months, Becker's reported on one spine surgeon who expanded his practice across state lines and a spine practice and orthopedic group that detailed plans to do the same:

Neurosurgeon W. Lee Warren, MD, and his physician assistant are now visiting specialists at Community Hospital in McCook, Neb., the McKook Gazette reported Dec. 29.

Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics is developing an orthopedic office in Mansfield, Mass., its first in the state, the practice announced Dec. 28.

Here are 10 practices looking to add orthopedic spine surgeons in 2021, based on positions listed in December on career sites including ZipRecruiter, HospitalRecruiting.com and Jooble.

PrecisionOS' virtual reality platform led to a nearly 50 percent decrease in surgical errors among physicians trained with the technology, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Neurosurgeons Daniel Aghion, MD, and Scott Raffa, MD, have extended their spine practice to Boca Raton, Fla., South Florida Hospital News reported Dec. 28.

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Health plans to recruit more surgeons and extend its surgical specialties after it completed a $9 million renovation of its operating room, Independent Record reported Dec. 27.

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs, Colo., plans to begin construction on a $150 million hospital that will focus on spine and orthopedic care, The Gazette reports.

D. Harrison Youmans, MD, has joined Rothman Orthopaedics' Florida clinic, according to a Dec. 21 news release.