Healthcare leaders know physician turnover is expensive. What’s less obvious is why so many retention initiatives fail to deliver lasting results. Too often, engagement is treated as a survey, retention as an HR metric and alignment as an abstract goal.…
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As spine programs expand, the conversation often defaults to scale: more surgeons, more volume, more complexity and a constant pressure to keep up with fast-moving technology. David Skaggs, MD, co-director of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Spine and director of pediatric orthopedics…
While AI is everywhere in healthcare strategy discussions, most initiatives never make it past pilot. Nearly 80 percent of healthcare AI efforts stall because the underlying data is fragmented, unreliable or difficult to govern at scale. The discussion focuses on…
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Khoi Hoang
WW MDM Field CTO, Informatica
Richard Crame
Chief Strategist, ZCLAP
A pedicle screw from Medtronic’s Voyager spinal implants fractured inside a man’s body after he had spinal fusion surgery, according to a product liability lawsuit filed Jan. 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. The…
As spine surgery races toward a more automated future, Andrew Meyers, DO, an orthopedic spine surgeon at the Orthopaedic & Spine Clinic Of Louisiana in Monroe has a perspective many leaders don’t, not because he’s anti-technology, but because he trained…
For Morgan Lorio, MD, speaking out about healthcare policy is a necessity, not a theory. He recently published an analysis in the International Journal of Spine Surgery focusing on evolving trends. Dr. Lorio’s paper, “The Price of Silence: What 2…
Orthopedics was among the top 10 specialties and subspecialties with the greatest number of resident physicians, according to the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AMA and AAMC report collected data on residency training programs…
Orthopedic medtech company Zimmer Biomet is laying off employees at numerous locations, according to a Jan. 23 report from CBS affiliate WSBT. Most of the layoffs are outside of the company’s headquarters in Warsaw, Ind., the report said. Zimmer Biomet…
Texas Tech Health El Paso will launch an orthopedic surgery residency program at University Medical Center of El Paso beginning July 1. The five-year program will train three residents per year, aiming to increase the number of orthopedic surgeons in…
Zimmer Biomet and Paragon 28 have commercially launched the Brachiator Mini-Rail External Fixation System. The new system is designed for correcting bone deformities and stabilizing foot and ankle fractures, according to a Jan. 20 news release from Paragon 28. The…
