Fort Worth-based Texas Health Orthopedic Surgery Center celebrated its opening Oct. 16, according to a LinkedIn post.
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Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine opened a new orthopedic surgery clinic in Houston.
President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill to tackle the opioid crisis Oct. 24, The Washington Post reports.
Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem will reposition Skokie (Ill.) Hospital as a center for orthopedic and spinal care, according to the Chicago Tribune.
CEO and President of Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago Scott Glaser, MD, his wife, Anne, and daughter, Elise, will travel to Siguatepeque, Honduras, in November to continue providing interventional pain management care at Hospital Evangelico.
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While legislators and physicians continue to develop new policies for opioid prescriptions, the epidemic remains alive.
Danbury (Conn.) Hospital Joint and Spine Institute rolled out a total joint program, according to Danbury's Hamlet Hub.
Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair patients treated with Exparel consumed 64 percent fewer opioids, according to research presented at the 2018 American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting in Chicago, Oct. 11-14.
As physician payment models become increasingly complex, physician practices have become more risk-averse, according to a study by the Rand Corporation and the American Medical Association.
Beaver Dam (Wis.) Community Hospital launched its Institute for Movement and Orthopedics, according to Daily Citizen.