Practice Management

New England Orthopedic Surgeons in Springfield, Mass., is furloughing more than half its workforce, according to a Mass Live report.

An employee at Des Moines-based Iowa Ortho recently tested positive for COVID-19, reports WHOTV.

The Core Institute is providing orthopedic urgent care at its Phoenix and Novi, Ariz., locations to ease the expected burdens on emergency rooms and urgent care centers in the coming weeks.

Speaking about the spread of the novel coronavirus in a March 23 interview on NBC's Today, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, warned Americans that "this week, it's going to get bad."

On March 19, Chicago-based Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush implemented new policies around patient visits and performing surgeries through mid-April due to the coronavirus outbreak. The time-line is subject to change based upon the nature of the demands on the local…

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.