Orthopedic

Wayne Weil, MD, has been appointed chief of orthopedic surgery at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., according to an Oct. 27 post on LinkedIn. 

Surgeons at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif. are using augmented reality to aid in hip replacement procedures, according to an Oct. 26 report ABC7 Eyewitness News.

Healthgrades shared its lists for excellence in specialty care, including orthopedics. Here are the hospitals recognized for orthopedic surgery the last three years in a row:

The annual revenue of Phoenix-based orthopedic management company HOPCo is approaching $1 billion as it continues to grow nationwide with added physicians, health systems and payers, according to an Oct. 26 report from the Phoenix Business Journal.

Iowa City, Iowa-based Steindler Orthopedics has filed a motion in court requesting that a judge force Mercy Hospital Iowa City to move forward with a $29 million asset sale following its bankruptcy announcement, alleging that Mercy's delay of the sale…

Eighty-two percent of orthopedic surgeons have been named as a sole or co-defendant in a malpractice lawsuit at some point in their careers, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

Phoenix-based OrthoArizona, which employs 70 musculoskeletal specialists, has expanded its total joint service line with the addition of Robert Burnham Jr., MD. 

Healthgrades has named its top 100 orthopedic and top 100 spine care hospitals for 2024, with just 29 hospitals being named to both lists. 

Every year, Healthgrades names the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic care nationwide. Twenty-nine new hospitals that did not make 2023's list have joined the list of top hospitals for 2024.

Healthgrades has released its list of the top 100 hospitals for joint replacement in 2024.