Key technological advancements ASC leaders are eyeing in 2023 - Becker's ASC Review

Seven ASC leaders joined Becker's to sermon the technological developments they're astir excited astir this year. 

Editor's note: These responses were edited lightly for clarity and brevity. 

1. Neuromodulation technology

Joshua Rosenow, MD. Director of Functional Neurosurgery and Professor of Neurosurgery astatine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Chicago): I americium excited astir each of the innovation successful the neuromodulation space. We person an unprecedented fig of caller companies processing and/or launching neuromodulation technologies and the established companies are introducing caller capabilities arsenic well. Moreover, probe into caller indications for neuromodulation interventions continues to advancement with galore studies either being launched oregon coming to fruition successful 2023. Those of america who specialize successful neuromodulation person a agleam twelvemonth up of america arsenic we show the far-reaching possibilities of our field.

2. Spine country evolution

Jeremy Steinberger, MD. Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery astatine Mount Sinai Health System (New York City): For 2023, I americium astir excited astir the accelerated improvement of exertion successful the satellite of spine surgery. To beryllium honest, determination is not overmuch making maine tense astatine this time.

3. Data analytic development

Andrew Lovewell. CEO of Columbia Orthopaedic Group (Columbia, Mo.): What excites maine astir 2023 is the increasing request for healthcare information and the continued propulsion to value-based care. As an enactment that has rooted itself successful information analytics, diligent reported outcomes, and being capable to relationship for everything that touches a patient, we are excited to leverage our information quality and analytics to amended diligent care.

4. Robotics

Harel Deutsch, MD. Co-director of Rush Spine Center (Chicago). I americium astir excited astir caller technologies including navigation/robotics that volition amended outcomes for patients. We were besides progressive successful a caller lumbar question preservation instrumentality FDA proceedings which should go commercially disposable successful 2023. I'm astir tense astir ongoing trends successful medicine specified arsenic accrued authorities payers, decreased Medicare reimbursements and decreased doc autonomy. Despite the availability of technology, fiscal concerns whitethorn forestall america from employing the caller technologies.

5. Virtual reality

Albert Wong, MD. Neurosurgeon astatine Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles): I americium astir excited astir the robotic navigation scenery and virtual reality. Integration of these influential technological advances could perchance alteration much palmy analyzable spinal surgeries toward occurrence for some inpatient and outpatient settings. However, I americium acrophobic that these indispensable technological tools are not reimbursable by wellness insurance. This volition bounds the availability of these caller technological advances to large infirmary centers.

6. Health exertion growth:

Mihir Patel, MD. Treasurer and Partner astatine OrthoIndy (Indianapolis): I americium astir excited astir the maturation of wellness exertion companies; successful short, wellness tech." Four years ago, I was astir excited astir artificial quality reducing backmost bureau burdens for providers, and those technologies are being deployed crossed the aesculapian spectrum. From improving attraction models to continued improvements successful devices and administrative procedures, wellness tech is lone conscionable beginning. 

7. Minimally invasive procedures: 

John Prunskis, MD. Medical Director astatine DxTx Pain and Spine and CEO of Illinois Pain and Spine Institute (Barrington, Ill.): For 2023, what I americium astir excited astir clinically is the advancements successful technologies and devices that tin assistance dainty our patients aft a precise diagnosis has been made. Specifically, I americium referring to minimally invasive procedures specified as: some epidural and peripheral neuromodulation, sacroiliac associated stabilization, those treating spinal stenosis with neural claudication, degenerated disc symptom arsenic good arsenic symptom related to Modic changes successful the vertebral body.