Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine is currently the only providers in the state to acquire the Mazor X robotic surgical guidance system, according to WBOY-TV, a dual NBC and ABC affiliate.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care listed Laser Spine Surgery Center in Tampa, Fla., as a finalist for its 2018-19 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Award, according to the Missourian.
New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery installed virtual reality surgical training software to assist with orthopedic surgery residency training, according to ABC affiliate WABC.
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health opened its $13.5 million orthopedic hospital at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream in North Valley Stream, N.Y., Newsday reports.
The new MemorialCare Neuroscience Institute opened at Saddleback Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Calif.
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Orthopedic single-specialty ambulatory surgery centers comprise 4.3 percent of Medicare-certified ASCs, according to CMS data reported by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine designed a computer program that may help surgeons avoid spinal surgery errors linked to wrong-level labeling.
An NHS Improvement report found that with improved scheduling hospitals could perform an additional 300,000 surgeries annually.
Ewa Beach, Hawaii-based The Queen's Medical Center West Oahu will implement orthopedic and spine programs as part of the hospital's renovation project, according to KHON News.
Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital is now providing pediatric orthopedic services at its new outpatient care center in Troy, Ohio, according to WDTN News, an NBC affiliate.