Medical apps routinely share user data, and physicians should be aware of privacy risks when recommending apps, according to a study in BMJ and detailed in Medscape.
Practice Management
Metropolis, Ill.-based Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center signed a contract with ORHub to employ its analytical services.
Baptist Health South Florida in South Miami broke ground on a wellness and medical center in Plantation, Fla., the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is building a three-story medical office building in Hesperia, Calif., which will offer orthopedics, the Daily Press reports.
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health and payer Highmark partnered to create a healthcare organization that will serve four Pennsylvania counties, The Luminary reports.
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Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics has implemented artificial intelligence technology to improve practice administration and workflow.
Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute partnered with the collegiate athletic Big East Conference.
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian installed two advanced brain and spine fully integrated OR suites.
Soneet Kapila, the managing partner of the KapilaMukamal insolvency consulting firm, is beginning to sell off the remaining assets of the recently shuttered Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Colonial Orthopaedics, which includes 97 team members, is joining MCV Physicians, a large physician practice affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, according to The Progress-Index.