Author: Alan Condon

Missouri orthopedic surgeon Bret Miller, MD, developed an app to provide patients with direct access to orthopedic specialists through a smartphone, News-Press Now reported Dec. 25.

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Health plans to recruit more surgeons and extend its surgical specialties after it completed a $9 million renovation of its operating room, Independent Record reported Dec. 27.

Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs, Colo., plans to begin construction on a $150 million hospital that will focus on spine and orthopedic care, The Gazette reports.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Dec. 23 that two patients waited too long to refile their medical malpractice cases against a spine surgeon and the Cincinnati hospitals where he performed the surgeries.

The need for orthopedic services is projected to increase in the coming years, with all baby boomers projected to be age 65 or older by 2030, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

From the head of a new practice to a surgeon performing a landmark augmented reality-assisted knee procedure, here are the latest orthopedists making headlines:

Three spine surgeons share key investment areas for practices that may have limited spending power due to the current economic climate.

From a spree of medical device company acquisitions to the expansion of its Mazor X robot and a new CEO, here are five key notes on Medtronic this year:

Capital market company KICVentures Group has completed the acquisition of NanoFuse Biologics.

Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., plans to open Samaritan Orthopedics on Jan. 4, 2021, InformNY.com reports.