Although many consumers understand technology's benefits, others have voiced concerns about how large a role it should play in healthcare, according to Deloitte.
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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons appointed Neel Anand, MD, to serve on its Spine Program Committee.
During the week of Feb. 19 to March 4, Amedica shares increased 17.34 percent, according to Los Angeles Mirror.
A new study published in The Spine Journal examines collecting patient reported outcomes with a mobile device-based system designed for spine patients in an outpatient clinic.
A researcher found arthroscopy did not decrease or delay the likelihood of having a knee replacement among patients who have mensical damage coupled with knee osteoarthritis, according to MedPage.
Spine surgeon and Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute President Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA, was featured in an interview in Philadelphia Style magazine.
VerteCore Technologies is recruiting physicians specializing in back pain to test its new VerteCore Lift device.
A reduction in the amount of implant spinal surgeries has led, in part, to fewer workers compensation hospitalizations in California, based on a California Workers' Compensation report, according to Business Insurance.
Orthopedic surgeon Ian Harris, MBBS, of Liverpool, St. George and Sutherland Hospitals in Sydney, Australia, admitted he performed unnecessary surgeries, according to International Business Times.
Researchers from the University of Toronto Department of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based Mount Sinai Hospital and Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University, predict the healthcare industry will witness a disruption similar to Uber entering the taxi industry, according to Medscape.