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Most spine practices and surgery centers are seeking to use social media as a form of marketing and engagement with the public, but some may have questions about how to best utilize Twitter, Facebook and other social networks in a…

The average tenure for a hospital or health system CEO with an organization is a little more than five and a half years, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives' most recent report on the subject. Given the relative…

This past August, the U.S. Department of Justice sent guidelines to hospitals that dealt with the medical necessity of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs.

Eight leading spine surgeons discuss how President Barack Obama's re-election will impact spine surgery and what spine surgeons can expect from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the future.

This article was written by Dick Pepper is a medical marketing specialist and blogs at VoxMD.com and can be reached at dick.pepper@voxmd.com.Good things come in small packages, and they're called smartphones. No one disputes that smartphones are taking over our…

In August, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services released its two major healthcare medians reports: one for non-profit health systems and one for non-profit standalone hospitals. S&P's healthcare credit analysts doled out several figures across 40 pages of research and came…

Solid partnerships between ambulatory surgery centers and their anesthesia providers translate to better care for patients and satisfying work relationships. The two groups often have distinct needs, though.

The following article is written by Anne Dean, RN, BSN, LRM, CEO and co-founder of The ADA Group.

Here are eight common mistakes for ASCs to avoid during electronic medical record implementation. Preventing these mistakes will make the implementation process smoother and allow the surgery center to optimize benefits from the new system.

Brian R. Gantwerker, MD, of The Craniospinal Center of Los Angeles, currently uses minimally invasive spine techniques with patients and has seen the clinical and economic value of these less invasive procedures.