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Practice Management

Orthopedists at academic medical centers and large hospitals can gather data on orthopedics to further the practice of evidence-based medicine. However, it's also important for surgeons practicing in smaller orthopedic practice settings to gather data on surgeries and outcomes.

Here are six observations about orthopedic-driven surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010. For this purpose, "orthopedic-driven surgery centers" are interpreted as surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics.

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