At the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, in Chicago, Scott Glaser, MD, will give a presentation titled "Interventional Pain Management – New Concepts to Reduce ER Visits, Hospitalization and Re-Admissions."
Nicole Gritton is the vice president of nursing and ASC operations at Laser Spine Institute, based at the organization's headquarters in Tampa, Fla. Ms. Gritton manages the nursing program and ASC operations across the organization's nationwide facilities.
Educating patients and their families about the dangers of keeping urinary catheters in patients can aid efforts to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A checklist for general medicine increased the rate of adherence to quality indicators 64 percent compared with pre-checklist rates, according to a study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
Dr. Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and Director of MUSC Sports Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.Double-bundle ACL reconstructions have been proposed as an alternative to the…
Dr. Geier is an orthopedic surgeon and Director of MUSC Sports Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Articular cartilage damage is one of the most challenging injuries…
Dr. Geier is an orthopaedic surgeon and Director of MUSC Sports Medicine. He also serves as chairman of the Public Relations Committee for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Orthopedic surgeons are increasingly performing arthroscopic surgeries of the hip…
Saturday, March 23, marked the three-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The legislation has undergone and continues to experience a bevy of challenges since its enaction, but it's recently gained broader acceptance as the…
A 2011 rule limiting hospital residents' work hours resulted in more reported medical errors that harmed patients — the opposite effect the rule was designed for, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Richard T. Greenberg is a partner at the Chicago law firm McGuireWoods. Mr. Greenberg's work focuses on professional liability and healthcare regulations and disputes. He also concentrates on medical professionals' business liability.