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The global sports medicine market is projected to reach $53.6 billion by 2022 from $31.5 billion in 2014 at a compound annual growth rate of 6.8 percent, according to Wiseguy Reports.

Regional Healthcare System opened a new Sports Medicine Institute in the North Grove Medical Park, according to GreerToday.com. Both organizations are based in Spartanburg, S.C.

The global telemedicine market is expected to grow from $19.94 billion in 2016 to $54.52 billion in 2023 at a compound annual growth rate of 15.5 percent from 2017 to 2023, according to a report by Energias Market Research.

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health system researchers at the McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory are developing new tissue engineering approaches to improve treatment for meniscus tears, the most common form of orthopedic surgery.

According to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty, patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are at a heightened risk of increased complications after total joint arthroplasty.

Carrie Diulus, MD, is a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon at Akron, Ohio-based Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center.

In 2016, 27.53 percent of Jonesboro, Ark.-based St. Bernard's Medical Center's discharges were super utilizers, according to a CMS Medicare claims data analysis by Dexur.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Elvington, MD, joined Varnville, S.C.-based Hampton Regional Medical Center, according to The Hampton County Guardian.

Zimmer Biomet is transferring dozens of its Puerto Rican employees to its headquarters in Warsaw, Ind., after Hurricane Maria devastated the territory last fall, WPTA21.com reports.

Intuitive Surgical released its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for 2017.