The University of West Florida in Pensacola received a $600,000 donation that it will use to add a sports medicine center, the school said Jan. 18.
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San Francisco-based digital health company Carrum Health has incorporated metrics on patient outcomes and procedure appropriateness into its provider recommendation platform.
Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Medical Center earned The Joint Commission's gold seal certification for total hip and knee replacement, The Berkshire Eagle said Jan. 18.
Summit Surgery Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., debuted the bridge-enhanced ACL restoration, Santa Barbara News-Press reported Jan. 19.
An orthopedic surgeon whose employment was terminated after the abrupt closure of Galesburg (Ill.) Cottage Hospital on Jan. 8 has joined OSF HealthCare's St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center is one of several medical groups that partnered to transform a shopping mall into a healthcare facility, Birmingham Business Journal reported Jan. 18.
An administrative assistant at Westmont, Ill.-based Hinsdale Orthopaedics has been sentenced to one year in prison for writing fraudulent opioid prescriptions.
Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the Boston University School of Medicine, has earned the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Orthopedic Research Society International Section of Fracture Repair.
Aligning with musculoskeletal management services organizations is becoming a more attractive strategic option for some orthopedic practices as economic, payer and administrative hurdles continue to challenge physician-owned groups to maintain independence.
Martin Boyer, MD, an orthopedic surgery professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named director-elect of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.