Practice Management

Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Holdings and Tyler-based Texas Spine & Joint Hospital entered into a partnership, according to Tyler Morning Telegraph.

Carolina Orthopaedics in Murrells Inlet, S.C., created the Carolina Orthopaedics Medical Mentoring Program to give students first hand experience in the medical field, according to My Horry News.

The Cleveland Clinic is partnering with Boston Children's Hospital to provide complex adult and pediatric heart services to employers, according to Cleveland.com.

Most physicians strive to achieve two goals in their practice – to “do good,” by being a quality practitioner and helping patients; and to “do well” in terms of financial rewards.

Iowa Ortho in Pella plans to open a new facility next to Pella (Iowa) Regional, KNIA radio reports.

John McCallum, MD, and Christopher Lynch, MD, of Hamden-based Connecticut Orthopedic Specialists will now practice at MidState Medical Center's new Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute in Meriden, according to the New Haven Register.

Medscape asked more than 8,500 U.S. physicians the following question regarding nine clinical conditions or procedures: "Suppose you or someone in your family were just diagnosed with a complex or difficult case of [condition]. Assuming there are no barriers to…

The Angus Reid Institute surveyed more than 1,500 Canadian patients who underwent orthopedic surgery within the last 10 years. While patients were satisfied with physicians and hospitals, many reported an unreasonable wait time for treatment, the Canada Free Press reports.

Todd A. Graham, MD, was fatally shot in the parking lot of at Saint Joseph Health Rehabilitation Institute in Mishawaka, Ind., after declining to prescribe opiods to a patient, the South Bend Tribune reports.

Adena Bone & Joint Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, and the Fayette County Memorial Hospital in Washington Court House, Ohio, are partnering to expand orthopedic services in the region, the Jackson County Times Journal reports.