Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health donated $10,000 in cash and an additional $10,000 in supplies to Charlotte-based Operation Walk Carolinas to help the medical team offer high-quality orthopedic care to people in Cuba.
Practice Management
A recent PracticeMatch survey revealed physician assistant and nurse practitioner pay and job satisfaction are rising as both professions become increasingly competitive and sought after.
Mastering a certain trait helps physicians increase patient satisfaction rates, achieve better treatment outcomes and incur fewer liability claims, according to PracticeMatch.
OrthoAtlanta opened a new orthopedic and sports medicine practice in Peachtree City, Ga.
Richard Rothman, MD, PhD, founded Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute in 1970 to provide the region with specialty orthopedic care. Four decades later, the practice is among the largest in the region.
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Indiana Xpress Ortho Care opened a new location in Dyer, Ind.
Data analytics gives healthcare organizations endless amounts of data that providers aim to use to drive meaningful insight and improve patient outcomes. The challenge rests in segregating the vital information for a patient's treatment decision from other unstructured data.
A Sermo survey revealed that as more physicians have begun using telehealth technologies, not all U.S. states or countries around the world have found equal success.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch gathered the states where people are least likely to see their physicians; in those states, 10 percent or more of the residents said they hadn't seen a physician in more than five years.
Kennewick, Wash.-based Northwest Orthopedic and Sports Medicine plans to join Kadlec Clinic in Richland, Was., next month, according to a report from the Tri-City Herald.