At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, David Abraham, MD, a spine surgeon at Reading (Pa.) Neck, and Bob Reznik, MBA, and president of Prizm Development, discussed the immediate future of…
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At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Krzystof Siemienow, MD, adult and pediatric spine surgeon at Lutheran General Hospital and UIC, gave a presentation titled "Complex Cervical Spine — Key Developments."
At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Kenneth Pettine, MD, a spine surgeon at the Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center; Larry Teuber, MD, a spine surgeon and president of Medical Facilities in…
Electronic health records are widely used by California physicians, but many of their systems are not designed to meet federal standards aimed at improvising quality of healthcare, according to the report "On the Road to Meaningful Use of EHRs: A…
Chronic training for and competing in extreme endurance exercise — such as marathons, iron man distance triathlons and very long distance bicycle races — may cause structural changes to the heart and large arteries, leading to myocardial injury, according to…
James Andrews, MD, performed elbow surgery on Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Charlie Morton, according to an ESPN report.
Philips Healthcare has launched new technology to aid clearer and safer imaging of orthopedic devices, according to a Health Tech Zone report.
At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 16, Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, with Ellis Medical Consulting, discussed 15 current procedure terminology coding issues for orthopedic and spine ambulatory surgery center facilities.
Biomet, a manufacturer of musculoskeletal medical products, announced the initial closing of the previously announced acquisition of the worldwide trauma business of DePuy Orthopaedics.
At the 10th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 16, Suzanne Webb of ASC Billing Specialists discussed essential points for ambulatory surgery centers to consider before investing in new electronic medical record systems.