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Chris Zorn, vice president of sales for Spine Surgical Innovation and executive director of Minimal Incision-Maximum Sight (MIMS) Institute, identifies six ways to increase spine surgery productivity in an ambulatory surgery center.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a free, downloadable brochure focusing on sharps safety.
The billing cycle, the payment cycle and payor-clean claims should be major areas of emphasis for any orthopedic center, said Woody Runner, CEO of Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago…
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hospital suggest patient safety risks, including risk of major injury and death, exist outside of hospitals in private physician offices and outpatient clinics, according to a hospital news release. Read the full report…
Last Thursday, Marsha Thiel, RN, MA, CEO of Medical Advanced Specialists, spoke about best practices for pain management in ASCs at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Conference in Chicago. Medical Advanced Specialists is a Minneapolis-based practice has…
Healthcare experts from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and University of Illinois at Chicago analyzed studies regarding medication errors and safety to co-author an article titled "Principles of Conservative Prescribing," which was published in the most recent issue of…
Last Thursday, Dennis Martin, senior vice president of client services and network development with Health Inventures, Aric Burke, director of development at Health Inventures, and Troy Stockman, CEO of Nebraska Spine Hospital in Omaha, spoke about successful three-party joint ventures…
Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Memorial Health Systems is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn an appellate decision allows an infection lawsuit against the hospital to continue, according to a TCPalm news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has regained their Medicare/Medicaid status after CMS approved its corrective action plan following a patient safety incident involving a two-year-old girl, according to a WXII news report.