Approximately 90 percent of neurosurgeons responding to an American Association of Neurological Surgeons survey reported being hospital-based surgeons, with 89 percent being full-time employees. Forty percent were single-specialty hospital based groups and most were in four-person practices. The survey was…
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Victor R. Prisk, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Peter's Township, Pa., has joined Highmark's Integrated Delivery System.
The European Commission has approved Johnson & Johnson's $21.3 billion acquisition of Synthes.
Minimally invasive spine device company NLT Spine has received the CE Mark of approval for its eSpin discectomy device.
• Integrate not only your website, but also embrace social media and blogging to communicate with you patients and followers• Taking the office digital increases revenue by bringing in three to four new patients per week simply because they visited…
Western Carolina Orthopaedic Specialists in Clyde, N.C., has opened a new space in the MedWest Outpatient Care Center, according to a Mountain Xpress report.
James Andrews, MD, founder of Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., and San Francisco Giants team orthopedist Ken Akizuki, MD, will perform ulnar collateral ligament repair on Giants relief pitcher Brian Wilson, according to a…
Since Ohio passed and enacted a tort-reform law in 2003, medical malpractice claims have dropped more than 40 percent and payments declined roughly at the same rate, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
Richard Kube, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon, formed Prairie Spine & Pain Institute in Peoria, Ill., three years ago with the goal of becoming a comprehensive integrated care spine center. This month, he got one step closer to his goal…
Six spine surgeons discuss how surgeons just coming out of fellowships can build a successful and fruitful spine practice.