In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant number of healthcare providers have shifted to telehealth and telemedicine to provide care for their patients and ensure the safety of their staff.
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Google now allows physicians to enter a "virtual care offering" option into their business profiles so users searching for certain types of care can sign up for telehealth options directly.
A Barclays analyst cut her rating on Stryker amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across the nation, non-essential businesses have closed or transitioned to remote work while hospitals and surgical centers have canceled elective procedures to avoid further spreading the coronavirus and devote resources to treating COVID-19 patients.
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Meriden-based Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at MidState Medical Center is "aggressively" using telemedicine during the COVID-19 crisis, orthopedic surgeon Jeffrey Pravda, MD, told local news outlet WTNH.
Orthopedic fixation company Ossio recently added former Johnson & Johnson executive Gary Pruden to its board of directors, Biospace reports.
Zimmer Biomet plans to drastically scale back operations for two weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WANE 15 reports.
The widespread postponement of nonemergent procedures is expected to take a significant chunk out of hospital revenue in the first and second quarters, with ASCs also feeling the pinch.