Practice Management

The University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the Whitehead Medical Society hosted "Doctors for Diversity" for medical students and faculty to discuss why diversity is crucial in patient care, according to daily tar heel.

The North American Spine Society unveiled the NASS Coverage Policy Recommendations eBook.

The Orthopaedic Practice in the Untied States Survey from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons shows how productive surgeons are in various practice settings, according to an AAOS Now article.

Inter Valley Health Plan, a nonprofit Medicare Advantage Health Plan in southern California, offers advice on choosing the best plan during Medicare's open enrollment.

Conquer Mobile with Vancouver's Emily Carr University of Art and Design created the PeriopSlim VR, a technology that places surgeons in a virtual setting, according to WTVY.com.

Medical Marketing & Media named 2e Creative, a St. Louis-based creative agency in the healthcare industry, the 2015 Small Healthcare Agency of the Year.

Aurora, Ill.-based Rush-Copley Medical Center selected Merge Healthcare, a provider of clinical systems and healthcare innovations, to provide the hospital with Merge PACS, iConnect Access and IConnect Enterprise Archive.

Healthcare mirrors every other industry in that it's a business enterprise. Acknowledging this fact is the first step towards creating true value-based care, according to Richard Kube, MD, of Prairie Spine & Pain Institute and Prairie SurgiCare in Peoria, Ill.

Northern Arizona Healthcare expanded its Care Beyond Walls and Wires telehealth program, according to Healthcare IT News.

Here are the eight specialties with the highest number of active physicians in the United States, according to the 2014 Physician Specialty Data Book.