Lisa L. Michels, chief compliance officer for orthopedic device company Wright Medical Group, announced her resignation recently, according to a Daily News report.
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Heinz Hoenecke, MD, head team physician for the San Diego Padres, and Jan Fronek, MD, performed a shoulder debridement on Padre's pitcher Clayton Richard, according to an MLB report.
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A campaign in Chicago will allow physicians to text information about concussions and other football injuries to athletes, coaches and parents, according to a news release.
Professional athletes may be at an increased risk of infection after ACL reconstruction, according to a report in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Authors of a study published in Spine estimate more than $126 million is spent annually on intraoperative spine waste, and a simple educational program could significantly reduce that cost in the future.
Stryker launched a Mobile Training Center in China, designed to bring hands-on training, product demonstrations and after-sales services to healthcare professionals throughout the country, according to a Stryker news release.
VG Innovations, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based spine device company, recently launched the VerteLoc v2.0, according to a VG Innovations news release.
Natural language processing analysis of electronic medical records is more effective in identifying postoperative complications than patient safety indicators based on discharge coding, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers (SIPMS); medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.);…