A recent webinar highlighted key thoughts and reflections on how to adopt electronic health records without losing physician productivity. The webinar featured speakers William Edwards Jr., MD, of the Surgical Clinic in Nashville, Tenn., and Alex Poston, president of Entrada,…
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Lisa Austin, RN, CASC, vice president of ASC operations for Pinnacle III, says many ASCs make the critical mistake of waiting too long to start a discussion with payors over manage care contracts. She describes some best practices to avoid…
After discovering his ASC experienced two infections in one quarter, Ralph Gambardella, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and president of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles, quickly went to work with the governing board to discuss potential protocols that can be…
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is comparing minimally invasive spine surgery to different forms of open surgery to determine which procedure is most beneficial in terms of complication rate, recovery time, outcome and cost, according to a hospital news…
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Parkview Ortho Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., a hospital for elective orthopedic surgery patients, is expanding to include more patient rooms and larger service areas, according to a story published in The News-Sentinel.
The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic score for pain related to postoperative pain in rotator cuffs is a more accurate assessment for elite athletes than the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, according to a study published in The American Journal of…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons supports the FDA 510k program and refutes the claim that the pre-market approval process is safer and better able to identify products than the current FDA 510k clearance process, according to an AAOS Now…
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Hospitals near Boise, Idaho, are increasingly employing physicians who are heading to hospitals due to economic pressures on their private practices, according to an Idaho Statesman report.