Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Southern Bone & Joint Specialists recently suffered a cybersecurity incident that may have affected the protected health information of 7,162 individuals.
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Alexandria, La.-based Rapides Regional Medical Center completed its first wireless, handheld robotic total knee replacement in the state, TV station WNTZ Fox 48 reported Oct. 1.
Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Orthopedics has launched a digital care app, OptimNOW, to give patients direct access to orthopedic care 24 hours a day, according to an Oct. 1 report from Grice Connect.
Christopher C Hasty, MD, completed the first BEAR implant procedure Sept. 3 at ECU Health in Greenville, N.C.
Orthopedic surgeon Haines Paik, MD, joined Crovetti Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine.
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Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has completed the world’s first all-plastic total ankle replacement surgery, according to an Oct. 1 report from The Moco Show.
Freehold, N.J.-based Alliance Orthopedics is adding foot and ankle specialist Michael Thomas, DPM, at its Middletown, N.J., practice.
The Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic has tapped Alan Greenwald, MD, to join its team as an orthopedic and bone specialist.
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System opened a spine and orthopedic surgery center, according to a Sept. 30 news release.
While orthopedic surgery remains one of the most male-dominated medical specialties, a team of leaders at Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare is trying to change that, according to a Sept. 29 report from Fox 9 Minneapolis.