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.
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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.
In a narrow 49-to-51 vote, the Senate shot down the 'skinny repeal' amendment to the Republicans' ACA repeal and replace plan, according to CNN Politics.
OrthoNY in Albany, N.Y., appointed Julie Shaw as new CEO. Ms. Shaw succeeds Alan Okun, who retired last fall.
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DataGen, an analytics and modeling organization, assessed CMS' recently released 2018 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule.
Medscape asked more than 1,500 residents across 25 specialties about their compensation in a new report, "Residents Salary and Debt Report 2017."
The Alliance (Ohio) Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine combined with the Carnation Clinic in Alliance, Ohio, according to The Review.
Faribault, Minn.-based Summit Orthopedics moved to a new location in Faribault, the Faribault Daily News reports.
The Orthopedic Institute of Wisconsin signed a lease with HSA Commercial Real Estate to open a new facility in Wauwatosa, Wis.