I-Flow, a Kimberly-Clark Health Care Company, announced it has launched a program to educate patients about alternatives to narcotics for post-operative surgical pain relief.
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Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill., has added Nickolas Garbis, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, to its medical staff, according to a report by The Doings Western Springs.
The percentage of physicians who were practice owners decreased only 8 percentage points from 2007/2008 to 2012, according to an American Medical Association survey.
A study published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques examined the feasibility of outpatient instrumented transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
The city of Altamonte, Fla., is currently reviewing Advanced Surgery Center of Orlando's proposal to open a spine surgery center, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.
Allegheny Health Network and Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh have signed a five-year agreement to provide care to the university's athletes through Allegheny Sports Medicine, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
The University of Rochester (N.Y.) has received a $2 million donation from Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss earmarked for geriatric fracture care research.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "The Impact of Healthcare Reform on ASCs and Practices."
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