Researchers investigated the impact of preoperative opioid use on total knee arthroplasty outcomes, in a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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Orthopedic surgeons divide their clinical time between patient visits and administrative work. Here's the breakdown on how orthopedists spend their clinic hours and patient visits, based on the Medscape Orthopedist Compensation Report 2017.
Johns Hopkins University researchers recently published a study on how orthopedic surgery patients use their prescription pain medications after surgery, according to the Town of Morningside Maryland.
A new study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders examines whether total hip and knee replacements are cost effective for patients with osteoarthritis.
Here are 14 orthopedic surgeons in the news over this past week.
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Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians disapprove of the president's healthcare plan, according to an InCrowd survey of 1,003 physicians.
Artificial intelligence is already playing a role in healthcare delivery, on the clinical and statistical analysis side. Here, 10 leaders of healthcare and IT companies describe what the future could look like when artificial intelligence is more fully integrated.
Healthcare makes up the largest percentage of total employment per state in West Virginia, followed by Rhode Island, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
According to the Medscape "Physician Wealth and Debt Report 2017," most physicians don't live above their means, and more than half of orthopedists say they live below their means.
Edison, N.J.-based JFK Health successfully completed its first year in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program, with the help of revenue cycle management company PMMC.