Healthcare Business

Spine-health launches new Web site design

Carolyn — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:46:06 -0700

Spine-health is very pleased to announce the release of our newly designed Web site. In February, we launched part one of our new site focusing heavily on the behind-the-scenes technology platform to enable dynamic content serving, increase site speed, and other enhancements. Today’s release marks the first wave of usability enhancements – new design, new functionality and enhanced navigation. Go ahead and take it for a test drive.

6 Sites for Checking Out Your Hospital

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:20:59 -0700

Are you scheduled for back surgery or considering it? In addition to a thorough check of your surgeon, you should probably check out your hospital too. While the surgeon is arguably the key factor in the procedure itself, the hospital staff, environment, and guidelines can impact things like choice of medication and use of antibiotics – choices that can cause variances among different hospitals, such as post-op infection rates for back surgery patients.

Battling Chronic Pain at Work

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:33:46 -0700

A recent "Pain in the workplace" survey (jointly sponsored by Ortho-McNeil and the National Pain Foundation) found:

For Health Information, Enter Wikipedia at Your Own Risk

spine-health — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:12:38 -0700

Thanks to KevinMD for highlighting a hilarious post by anesthesiology resident Michelle Au about residents using (aka misusing) Wikipedia to look up health information.

Hats Off to Spine-health.com’s Message Board Community

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:42:41 -0700

The hundreds of registered users (and the hundreds of daily visitors) who contribute to Spine-health.com’s message boards have created a truly unique and beneficial resource for those who suffer from chronic pain. The passion within the community is immediately evident to even the casual observer. Well, the world is taking notice – and giving credit where credit is due. Forbes has listed Spine-health’s message boards as Best of The Web.

Is Your Pain Medication Prescribed Off-Label?

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:46:35 -0700

Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement Not Covered In People Over 60

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:42 -0700

Medicare has decided it will not pay for lumbar artificial disc replacements in people over 60 years of age. The reasoning for the CMS' (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) decision is the lack of data on using such devices in the 60+ population, according to Scott Boden, MD, a Spine-health.com Medical Advisor.

New Hope for Smokers with Back Pain

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:15:12 -0700

There’s a unique drug now on the market for smokers trying to quit - Chantix (manufactured and distributed by Pfizer). It was actually approved by the FDA in May 2006 and given priority FDA review because of its significant potential benefit to public health.