Wayland, Mich.-based Falcon Waterfree Technologies and Franklin Park, Ill.-based Sloan donated 75 complete retrofit bathroom unites to Los Angeles-based Orthopaedic Institute for Children. The donation will help the orthopedic practice save almost $1 million and more than 22.5 gallons of…
Practice Management
Between 2004 and 2013, the most common reasons for readmission after total knee and hip replacements in Pennsylvania were hematoma, postoperative wound infection and prosthetic joint dislocation and infection, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment…
When a facility is rife with physicians who are burnt out, it negatively impacts the organization as well, according to Physician's Money Digest.
Immersed in a highly competitive and regulated industry, independent physicians must demonstrate expertise in business management. Paul Slosar, MD, of San Francisco-based SpineCare Medical Group, says independent physicians must dedicate themselves to both clinical care and the "back-office side of…
As healthcare consolidation continues to take hold, private practice's future remains largely uncertain. New York-based Orlin & Cohen Orthopedic Associates, however, has adapted an integrative practice model, making the practice well-suited for healthcare's swift transformations.
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Last year, Rockford-based OrthoIllinois Surgery Center integrated total joints into its repertoire of offerings, making the center one of the first ASCs in Illinois to add the service line. The center's team of orthopedic surgeons has performed nearly 12 procedures…
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers studied the impact of electronic health records and computerized physician order entry on physicians. The researchers worked with American Medical Association investigators, looking at data from 6,560 physicians.
ZendyHealth, a healthcare start-up that allows users to bid on health, dental and cosmetic procedures, partnered with Los Angeles-based Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic to add orthopedics procedures to its services, according to a L.A. Biz report.
Many providers are at odds over the appropriate protocols for patients recording physician visits, according to MedPage Today.
As consolidation swallows up the healthcare industry, independent physicians must band together to solidify their place. Established in 2014, The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics sought to do just that.