Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) faced familiar operational challenges: ED boarding, delayed discharges and status friction that slowed throughput and pressured margins. This case study details how MWHC implemented a comprehensive healthcare operating system to improve visibility, align teams and hardwire…
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Colorado Advanced Orthopedics, Sports Medicine and Spine in Meeker has added Joshua Mares, MD, a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in adult hip and knee reconstruction, to its care team, according to an Aug.20 report in The Daily Sentinel. Dr. Mares…
For many ASCs, the accreditation experience can feel more like a burden than a benefit — with shifting survey standards, inconsistent processes and surveyors who lack ASC-specific expertise. The result? Wasted time, operational inefficiencies and frustrated staff. In this report,…
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Spinal neurosurgeon Zayed Almadidy, MD, joined Advocate Health Neurosurgery, the program’s direector Dean Karahalios, MD, said in an Aug. 19 LinkedIn post. Dr. Almadidy will work at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill. starting in October. He has…
Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company named Ryan Martin as chief people officer, according to an Aug. 19 LinkedIn post. Mr. Martin will lead HOPCo’s people strategy from recruitment, culture and organizational effectiveness. He has more than 20 years of experience in…
Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health has added Anthony D’Abarno, DO, and Rehan Dawood, DO, to its orthopedics team, according to an Aug. 19 news release. Dr. D’Abarno specializes in total joint replacements, trauma care and general orthopedics. He treats conditions such…
To thrive in the outpatient landscape, spine and orthopedic ASCs should lean into three trends some surgeons say are overlooked. Note: Responses were lightly edited. Question: What’s one trend more spine and orthopedic ASCs should take advantage of? Craig McMains,…
With many new spine residencies in full swing, veterans in the specialty share their advice for the next crop of physicians. Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business…
Onward Medical has received FDA approval to begin a pivotal study of its Arc-IM system, an implantable neurostimulation therapy designed to treat blood pressure instability after spinal cord injury, according to an Aug.18 news release. The condition affects more than…
Length of stay can be a proxy for every operational challenge in a hospital — and The Queen’s Health Systems was feeling the strain. ED admissions were delayed, transfers were turned away and the financial toll kept rising. Their solution?…
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