In 2016, 11 million U.S. patients traveled around the world for various medical procedures such as orthopedic surgery, according to Medical Tourism Magazine. Medical tourism offers patients affordable healthcare along with the chance to travel.
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Operating a successful private practice, can be difficult without the right resources and people on your team. To compete with the buying power of hospitals and health systems, Louis Levitt, MD, and Nicholas Grosso, MD, of The Centers for Advanced…
On March 1, OrthoExpress will open the first clinic of its kind in the Birmingham, Ala. area. OrthoExpress plans to open similar facilities in five other central Ala. markets, AL.com reports.
Elgin, Ill.-based Associates in Orthopaedic Surgery will merge with Rockford-based OrthoIllinois, rrstar.com reports.
Here are 11 hospitals expanding their spine and neurosurgery programs.
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Vail, Colo.-based The Steadman Clinic is constructing a new facility in Frisco, Colo., according to the Vail Daily.
A Hamilton County judge ordered neurosurgeon Mario Zuccarello, MD, to stop practicing medicine within a 25-mile radius of Norwood, Ohio-based Mayfield Brain & Spine. Mayfield filed a lawsuit against former partner and vice chairman of the Mayfield board Dr. Zuccarello…
Patients from all over South Carolina are traveling to Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based Grand Strand Medical Center to have their surgeries performed by Gene Massey, MD, with the Mazor Robotics Renaissance System, according to WBTW.
Clinton, N.Y.-based orthopedic surgeon Gregory Shankman, MD, was indicted on charges of operating an ongoing scheme defrauding the Workers' Compensation system by more than $50,000, according to WorkersCompensation.com.
Baltimore-based Sage Growth Partners, a healthcare research, strategy and marketing firm, released new survey findings assessing healthcare executives' adoption and application of telemedicine technology. The findings reveal nearly 100 healthcare executives' attitudes towards telemedicine, current and expected future use and…