Amid major spine medtech spinoffs, acquisitions and mergers over recent years, innovation in the medtech field has been challenged, Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, told Becker’s. “We basically have about five big players in med tech,” Dr. Sekhon said. “Interesting things…
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Medical technology company Advita Ortho has named three new C-suite executives. The company appointed Jeffrey Figg as CFO, Jorge Lopes as COO and Rebecca Young as chief human resources officer, according to a March 5 news release from Advita Ortho. …
Imagine scaling EHR workflow training across 35 health centers with just four trainers — without relying on classroom instruction. That was the reality for Access Community Health Network (ACCESS), Illinois’ largest federally qualified health center. Rather than expand headcount, ACCESS…
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Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare Medical Center-Orthopedic, Spine and Pain is using a new surgical table designed to improve outcomes for arthroscopic hip surgery. The Guardian HipCheck surgical table, developed by Stryker, uses a boot-like harness and the patient’s body weight to…
Bridgeport, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine United Hospital Center, became the first hospital in the world to use the Lapidus I-Beam plate in bunion surgery. Carl Hasselman, MD, an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at the hospital, performed five procedures using the…