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Great Neck, N.Y.-based North Shore-LIJ has plans to introduce its remote video auditing system into operating rooms to help reduce wrong-site surgeries and monitor OR cleanliness.

This article is written by Lindsay McQueeney Hanrahan, vice president of product management for the surgery division at SourceMedical.

At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, David Shapiro, MD, CHC, CHCQM, CHPRM, LHRM, CASC, will give a presentation titled "Legal Aspects of Spine Surgery."

The United States is more than three years into the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but there are still a great deal of questions left unanswered.

Here are 15 statistics on accounts receivable and case number at ambulatory surgery centers with greater than 50 percent of cases in orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2011 Intellimarker survey.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons announced the creation of a PSA campaign that focuses on capturing the stories of patients whose lives and full mobility were restored by orthopedic care.

Neuroaxial anesthesia is associated with superior perioperative outcomes and fewer deaths as compared to general anesthesia in patients undergoing hip or knee replacement procedures, according to a study published in the May issue of Anesthesiology.

Pulaski Planning Commission has developed and recommended the approval of proposed zoning ordinance changes that would give Pulaski, Va., more control over pain management clinics, according to a report by The Southwest Times.

Blue Belt Technologies has developed an implant partnership with DJO Surgical to use Blue Belt's NavioPFS orthopedic planning system with DJO's EPIK Unicompartmental Knee System, according to News-Medical.

Mequon, Wis.-based Titan Spine named two spine surgeons — Kade Huntsman, MD, and Axel Reinhardt, MD — to its Key Opinion Leader Advisory Team.