Practice Management

Here are nine interesting statistics and facts about orthopedic practices, as gathered by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in its Orthopaedic Practice in the U.S. 2016 report.

Muncie-based Central Indiana Orthopedics pushed forward with its efforts to build a new office in Fishers, Ind., according to the Indianapolis Business Journal.

The Orthopaedic Institute of Ohio and the Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery in Lima celebrated 20 years of operation, hometownstations.com reports.

Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital will introduce system improvement measures after reports of four patient errors surfaced in four weeks, according to Providence Journal.

Carroll, Iowa-based St. Anthony Regional Hospital and the Ames, Iowa-based McFarland Clinic are collaborating to provide orthopedic services to local patients. 

As the cost of medical education continues to rise, surgical residents are on increasingly unstable financial path, according to an article in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Dallas-based All-Star Orthopaedics opened a fourth location in Fort Worth, Texas.

Duxbury, Mass.-based Plymouth Bay Orthopedics broke ground on its new headquarters in Plymouth, Mass., according to Plymouth Wicked Local.

Increased attending physician supervision of medical residents did not significantly reduce the rate of medical errors, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

In 2016, 20 percent of deaths among all adults between 24 and 35 years old involved opioids, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.