Spine

At the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting last week, a group of spine surgeons led by Alan S. Hilibrand, MD, discussed healthcare reform and what spine surgeons need to know for successfully navigating the coming changes.

An incentive program to reduce the number of unnecessary diagnostic laboratory tests performed in neurosurgical patients at University of California San Francisco resulted in a 47 percent reduction in the number of targeted tests in a year, according to study…

Billings, Mont.-based St. Vincent Healthcare has opened its $8.4 million Orthopedic and Spine Center of Excellence, according to a KULR8 News report.

The American Association of Neurological Surgeons announced Clayton M. Christiansen, author and professor at Harvard Business School, will be the 2014 Cushing Orator at the annual meeting.

The government reopened last night after President Barack Obama signed a bill to end the shutdown and avoid debt default, according to a Medscape report.

A new study published in Spine examines the microbiology of surgical site infection in spine surgery.

At the North American Spine Society 28th Annual Meeting in New Orleans earlier this month, several physicians presented on bone morphogenetic protein and managing risk when using the biologic, in light of the recent Yale Open Data Access Project findings.

Here are seven things for spine surgeons to know for Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013.

The North American Spine Society recently announced officers for next year.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health announced it has opened the Mission Spine & Back Pain Center in Clyde, N.C.