Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health announced that Maralyn Spittler has been named director of quality improvement at the Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Center at Buffalo General Medical Center.
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., now offers an alternative procedure to cervical spinal fusion using the SECURE-C Cervical Artificial Disc from Globus Medical, according to a Healthcare Global report.
Rod Bordelon, the Texas Commissioner of Worker's Compensation, has named David Davis, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, the medical adviser for the Texas Department of Insurance, according to a Claims Journal report.
Ithaca, N.Y.-based Cayuga Medical Associates announced the addition of James Metcalf, MD, to Progressive Neurosurgery of CMA in Ithaca, through a regional neuromedicine initiative with the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, according to a report by The Lansing Star.
In a recent study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, researchers performed a cost-utility analysis of simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty in comparison with staged bilateral total knee arthroplasty.
The Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., announced that it has added Betsy H. Grunch, MD, to its medical staff.
Elgin, Ill.-based Illinois Pain Institute announced that it is offering patients an implantable neurostimulation system for treating chronic back or limb pain, which is safe for MRI use.
Columbus-based Southern Indiana Orthopedics announced that it has added Matthew E. Lovell, MD, to its medical staff.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Dotty Bollinger, RN, JD, CASC, LHRM, will give a presentation titled "Trends in Marketing Your ASC to Drive Patient Volume."
The Sunshine Act has gone into effect, which means device companies will report on gifts and compensation individual physicians receive on a public website to launch September 2014, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.