MedCore Partners plans to open a new medical office building on the Dallas-based Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance campus. By Mackenzie Garrity - 12/13/18

Watford City, N.D.-based McKenzie County Healthcare System will launch a new orthopedic surgery department with Ravindra Joshi, MD, at the helm, according to The Roundup. By Shayna Korol - 12/13/18

Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates launched new opioid protocol to educate residents and limit the number of prescriptions written, according to Gray's Harbor Talk. By Mackenzie Garrity - 12/12/18

Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush is opening a new facility in Oak Brook, Ill., according to a Daily Herald report. By Laura Dyrda - 12/12/18

David Jacofsky, MD, is the founder, Chairman and CEO of The CORE Institute, a Phoenix-based orthopedic practice quickly growing into one of the largest groups in the nation. By Laura Dyrda - 12/11/18

Morganton, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge hospital implemented robotic surgery system Excelsius GPS to assist with spine surgery, according to Morganton News Herald. By Jackie Drees - 12/11/18

Dayton, Ohio-based Premier Health's Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio, completed its $60 million expansion project, which includes a new Joint and Spine Center, Dayton Business Journal reports. By Angie Stewart - 12/11/18

The Virginia Institute for Robotic Surgery at Reston (Va.) Hospital Center acquired its second Mazor X system. By Mackenzie Garrity - 12/11/18

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush is Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center's comprehensive orthopedic program. By Shayna Korol - 12/10/18

Evidence-based care bundles minimized bacterial load, maximized methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus protection and significantly reduced surgical site infection rates without topical vancomycin powder in high-risk spinal instrumentation cases, according to a study in Spine. By Shayna Korol - 12/10/18

Centerville, Ohio-based Miami Valley Hospital South held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its $60 million expansion project, according to ABC 22 Now. By Mackenzie Garrity - 12/10/18

Boone, N.C.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare System purchased Smith & Nephew's Navio Surgical System for total knee replacement surgery, according to the Watauga Democrat. By Shayna Korol - 12/7/18

Bone & Joint Surgeons of Dayton (Ohio) partnered with Cincinnati-based Mercy Health's Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center to offer orthopedic trauma care, the Urbana Daily Citizen reports. By Shayna Korol - 12/6/18

Moreno Valley, Calif.-based Riverside University Health System Medical Center earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in total hip and total knee replacement, InlandEmpire.US reports. By Shayna Korol - 12/6/18

The United Spinal Association is grieving the loss of President H.W. Bush. By Mackenzie Garrity - 12/6/18

Metric Subaru in Huntington, N.Y., will donate up to $250 to Huntington Hospital's neurosurgery program for every vehicle it sells or leases between Nov. 15 and Jan. 3, 2019, libn.com reports. By Shayna Korol - 12/5/18

Irving, Texas-based Precision Orthopedics & Sports Medicine opened Precision Ortho Express in Southlake, Texas. By Shayna Korol - 12/5/18

Brick, N.J.-based Brielle Orthopedics partnered with Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, adding 14 orthopedic surgeons to the growing practice. By Laura Dyrda - 12/4/18

At the end of the year, El Paso (Texas) Specialty Hospital will shut its doors, according to the El Paso Times. By Mackenzie Garrity - 12/4/18

More than half of female applicants have been asked inappropriate questions at orthopedic surgery residency interviews, according to a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. By Shayna Korol - 12/4/18