Over 40 percent of the patients seen at The Bonati Spine Institute (TBSI) suffer from Failed Back. The patients arrive in various states of incapacity; some by wheelchair, others by walker, cane, crutches, brace or in the supporting arms of…
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Here are eight statistics on spine surgeon compensation, according to MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.
Six spine surgeons discuss their number one concerns for spine care in 2012.Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business and policy issues affecting spine care. We invite all…
Here are 10 leaders of new spine and neurosurgery programs at hospitals and surgery centers in 2011.
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology has outlined five steps for physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers to transition to an electronic health record platform if they have not started already.
Seventy percent of physicians plan to work longer until retirement due to the economic downturn and depleted personal savings, according to the Jackson & Coker Retirement Survey.
Here are 12 new ambulatory surgery centers with spine services or existing centers with new spine services.
Five pain management physicians discuss what procedures have been the most beneficial for patients in their practice in 2011.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University examined curriculum of North American medical schools and found pain education is "limited, variable and often fragmentary," according to findings published in The Journal of Pain.