Sports Medicine Associates of San Antonio's clinics are still open, but misinformation and a state order have dampened patient volumes, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
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Nurses from the joint replacement unit at Flagstaff (Ariz.) Medical Center are moving to treat COVID-19 patients, reports the Arizona Daily Sun.
Cincinnati-based Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is still open but is making changes after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine banned elective surgeries in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier.
The Joint Commission is supporting the use of face masks and respirators brought from home for healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic when FDA-approved personal protective equipment is unavailable.
O'Fallon, Mo.-based Mercy has adjusted operations and aims to make visits virtual for 95 percent of patients at its Arkansas hospitals and clinics, according to CBS affiliate KFSM-TV.
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Fairbanks, Alaska, recently saw a significant spike in new COVID-19 cases, according to the Anchorage Daily News.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on March 26 after police said he attacked a woman in the parking lot of the Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi-Specialty Surgery in Oklahoma City, reports KFOR.
OrthoArizona, based in Phoenix, is halting elective surgeries amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute transitioned to telemedicine to connect with patients and review imaging after CMS expanded the range of services that can be provided through the technology.
Lehigh Valley Physician Group in Allentown, Pa., is the most recent example of physician groups furloughing staff and turning to telemedicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from cut .