Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute's John Uribe, MD, spoke to Becker's Spine Review about the biggest challenges facing surgeons today and how they affect patients, as well as his hopes for the future of medicine.
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Joint replacement implant device company MicroPort Orthopedics launched its Evolution NitrX Medial-Pivot Knee System.
Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care unveiled plans for a $550 million campus to replace its current facilities, which opened in 1951, local NPR affiliate WUWF reports.
Two organizations recently recognized Plano-based Texas Back Institute spine surgeon Theodore Belanger, MD, for his medical mission work, the Rockwall County Herald Banner reports.
Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences launched a telemedicine-based spine care clinic, Arkansas Money & Politics reports.
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System opened the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai-Union Square, providing specialist care for elders.
Saluda Medical agreed a four-year loan with Medtronic to develop its Evoke evoked action compound potential-controlled, Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation System for the treatment of chronic intractable pain of the trunk and limbs.
Improving cost-effectiveness in spine is a pertinent issue for patients and physicians alike. Here, four neurosurgeons discuss how bundled payments, value-based care and other new payment models will affect spine in the future.
Zeeshan Sardar, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine at NewYork-Presbyterian Och Spine Hospital in New York City. Here, Dr. Sardar provides four key issues to consider when adapting a new spine device.
Three spine surgeons discuss health IT innovations they expect to see soon.