With President Donald Trump declaring the opioid crisis as a national epidemic, physicians are turning to alternative pain management solutions to treat patients.
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Memphis-based Campbell Clinic began new pain management studies to reduce the number of opioids prescribed to patients, the Memphis Business Journal reports.
Brian Bizub joined Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic as CEO March 12.
Elective knee and hip replacements may be a significant source of potentially controllable healthcare spending, according to a JAMA Viewpoint article.
Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing a $93 million expansion project to build an outpatient medical building in West Lawrence, Kan., according to Lawrence Journal-World.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan launched a bundled payment pilot program in the state for total joint replacements.
Providence-based Ortho Rhode Island surgeon Michael Bradley, MD, and anesthesiologist Henry Cabrera, MD, are rolling out a new pathway to curb opioid dependency at South County Health Orthopedics Center in Washington County, R.I.
The Arizona Medical Association accredited The MORE Foundation as a Continuing Medical Education granting non-profit, according to AZ Big Media.
Lexington-based KentuckyOne Health and Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, Ky., partnered.
The 2018 Main Residency Match is the largest in the National Resident Matching Program's History, with a record 37,103 U.S. and international applicants submitting program choices for 33,167 positions.