Practice Management

The following healthcare companies were among EthiSphere's 2017 "World's Most Ethical Companies" honorees.

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education announced residency programs may extend first-year resident hours from 16 to 24, starting July 1, 2017.

ProMedica, a Toledo, Ohio-based nonprofit healthcare system, introduced a new 24-hour online service, according to Lenconnect.com.

Stamford (Conn.) Health announced Rudolph Taddonio, MD, was elected its new president and Carol Fucigna, MD, its vice president, according to the Stamford Daily Voice.

The Collaborative Health Outcomes Information Registry allows physicians to gauge pain management treatment at the Pain Management Center at Stanford Health Care, according to Pain Medicine News.

Leawood, Kan.-based Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute broke ground on a hospital expansion and renovation project.

Orthopedic surgeons Brock Wentz, MD, Erik Kubiak, MD, Sukanta Maitra, MD, and Michael Daubs, MD, banned together to form University Orthopedics and Spine, according to a Nevada Business report.

New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery welcomed spine surgeon Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA.

New statutes in Michigan will change the way physician assistants can practice, according to a Lexology report.

Philadelphia-based Rothman Institute is expanding its partnership with New York City-based Force Therapeutics to enhance patient communication and education.