Practice Management

Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka, Calif., suspended elective orthopedic surgeries to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, reports The Siskiyou Daily.

Two emergency room physicians at Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 and immediately went into quarantine, OakPark.com reports.

Florida Orthopaedic Institute temporarily closed all of its offices and surgery centers March 20 after one of its physicians tested positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

A lot has happened since the first cases of the coronavirus emerged in the United States on Jan. 20, and accelerated in the past week.

Amherst, N.Y.-based Excelsior Orthopaedics is rethinking its business strategy and postponing plans for a new facility over projected financial losses related to COVID-19, Buffalo Business First reports.

On March 19, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Martin County, Fla., but the head of Cleveland Clinic Florida insists the health system is prepared for the outbreak, according to TC Palm.

Shawn Price, MD, on March 18 opened Fortis Orthopaedic & Sarcoma Group in Louisville, Ky., according to PR Leap.

OrthoConnecticut opened its fifth OrthoCare Express location in New Milford, according to Southbury Hamlethub.

Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics plans to keep its 24 locations open as it combats the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health is suspending elective and non-urgent surgeries at all but two facilities to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, according to a March 17 announcement.