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Last month Orthopedics This Week named its 28 Top North American Shoulder Surgeons, including Brian Cole, MD, and Anthony Romeo, MD.

The North American Spine Society recently announced officers for next year.

I-Flow, a Kimberly-Clark Health Care Company, announced a new service for hospitals designed to reduce reliance on narcotics for post-surgical pain management.

NuVasive recently launched the Bendini Spinal Rod Bending System and the XLIF Decade Plate.

In a Physicians Practice article, Jason J. Davidson, a founding principal of PicketFenceConsulting, lays out five best practices for ensuring that medical practice staff are leveraging effective communication skills.

The Hand Center at Danbury (Conn.) Orthopedics announced the addition of Archit Patel, MD, to its medical staff.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health announced it has opened the Mission Spine & Back Pain Center in Clyde, N.C.

ArborMetrix, a provider of real-time healthcare analytics, announced that the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative has selected its cloud-based registry solution to create a statewide database and reporting system.  

Mountain View, Calif.-based Prospira PainCare, a provider of multidisciplinary pain management services, announced the acquisition of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Neuro Pain Consultants.

HIPAA compliance and protecting patients' financial data is an ongoing issue for physician practices, according to a Physicians Practice report. There are a couple of key ways medical practices can work to prevent potentially disastrous security breaches, according to Ike…