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Director of Nursing at Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center Los Angeles, CA

Here are five statistics on how ambulatory surgery center management companies view the risk of out-of-network volume, according to HealthCare Appraisers 2013 ASC Survey.

North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Ga., announced that on Aug. 20 its surgeons performed their first minimally invasive spine procedure using the Mazor robot, according to a North Fulton report.  

Mischer Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has added Ryan S. Kitagawa, MD, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

Boardman, Ohio-based Doctors Pain Clinic announced Jim Thompson has been named practice administrator.

The Orthopaedic Center at Harrison Silverdale (Wash.) is set to open this month, according to a Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal report.

Zimmer Holdings received FDA 510(k) clearance for the Patient Specific Instruments Shoulder system, which works with its Trabecular Metal Reverse Shoulder system for reverse shoulder arthroplasty procedures.

The following 11 hospital and health system layoffs and workforce reductions were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last two weeks. They are listed below by number of employees and/or positions affected.

Mineloa, N.Y.-based The Business of Spine will conduct two webinars for spinal implant representatives.

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority offers three free forms to aid in analysis of wrong-site, wrong spinal level and wrong ureter surgeries.