Practice Management

Philadelphia International Medicine partnered with the Panama City-based Panama Clinic to establish an educational and clinical care exchange between physicians from eight Philadelphia-based hospitals and physicians from Latin America and the Caribbean, according to The Inquirer Daily News.

Shriners Hospital for Children –– Tampa (Fla.) will transition its services to focus on outpatient care beginning in August, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Construction on the newest 100,000-square-foot Rush Oak Brook (Ill.) Orthopaedic Center is finished, according to RE Journals.

Amherst, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics established a partnership to provide orthopedic surgery services to Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, N.Y., according to Niagara Frontier Publications.

Daphne, Ala.-based Baldwin Bone & Joint teamed up with South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley, Ala., according to Alabama Local News.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network plans to transition its musculoskeletal services into a single medical center, according to The Morning Call.

Amarillo, Texas-based BSA Health System acquired Globus Medical's ExcelsiusGPS, according to KVII, an ABC affiliate.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based The Orthopedic Hospital at Lutheran Health Network added Stryker's Mako robotic surgery arm, according to The Journal Gazette.

Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Medical Center is planning to open a new orthopedic facility, according to The Hutchinson News.

Here are 12 hospitals, health systems and private practices expanding spine and neurosurgery programs.