Author: Alan Condon

Chief medical officers at healthcare facilities are tasked with ensuring that physicians provide safe and effective care, while CMOs in the medtech industry typically set strategic direction and direct medical activities associated with the company.

Enhanced recovery after surgery is a multimodal, evidence-based perioperative care pathway designed to improve recovery for patients undergoing major surgery. ERAS elements address key factors that have historically extended a patient's hospital stay, such as the need for parenteral analgesia…

Akron, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center has performed more than 2,000 robotic-assisted joint replacements with Stryker's Mako system.

Elvis Francois, MD, a spine surgeon who shot to fame with his musical performances on "The Masked Singer" on FOX, has joined Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics, the Henry Herald reported Dec. 18.

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital executives are predicting an up to 70 percent decrease in orthopedic revenue in 2022, which equates to about a $20 million hit to its bottom line, The Aspen Times reports.

The University of New Mexico Health Sciences' Center of Excellence for Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation has opened, The Rio Rancho Observer reported Dec. 19.

New Orleans Pelicans player Zion Williamson has received a biologic injection to promote bone healing in a fracture in his right foot, according to the NBA.

The Michigan Board of Medicine is investigating Avery Jackson, MD, who is accused of issuing questionable mask waivers to more than 90 students across Detroit, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth on Dec. 16 topped off its 12-story Innovation Tower that will be dedicated to orthopedics and neuroscience, Orlando Business Journal reported.

Total joint surgeon Michael Ast, MD, has been appointed vice chair and chief medical innovation officer of the HSS Innovation Institute in New York City.