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How important is it for healthcare providers, including orthopedic practices, to engage in social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or blogs? Pam Lagano, of strategy based public relations firm Lagano & Associates, Inc., emphasizes that it is essential.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center had a data breach of medical records and documents that affected 357 people, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

Becker's Hospital Review has named the following hospitals to its list, "101 Hospitals With Great Spine and Neurosurgery Programs." These hospitals offer outstanding spine and neurosurgical care, and the Becker's Hospital Review editorial team selected them based on nominations, clinical…

Becker's Hospital Review has named the following hospitals to its list, "101 Hospitals With Great Spine and Neurosurgery Programs." These hospitals offer outstanding spine and neurosurgical care, and the Becker's Hospital Review editorial team selected them based on nominations, clinical…

Here are five ways your orthopedic practice can market its services to the community using new media.

Contrary to media headlines closely monitoring the lower- and mid-level federal courts as they opine on the individual insurance mandate, the United States Judiciary Branch may have little impact on the future of President Barack Obama's 2010 Patient Protection and…

Healthcare facilities are right to be concerned about the path to ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation: Healthcare experts emphasize that providers have a lot of work to do to meet documentation requirements, adapt their software to the new codes and prepare for decreased…

Here are five strategies for improving orthopedic practice profits outside of the daily routine.

In March 2010, while Congress was reviewing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, one media outlet hired a speed-reader for an on-air segment to thumb through the bill’s 2,074 pages. His eyes spent slightly more than five seconds on…

Premier, a healthcare alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000 other healthcare sites, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable evaluation form for safety needle/syringe devices.