Orthopedic

West Orange, N.J.-based RJWBarnabas Health has partnered with Kayal Orthopaedic Center to improve access to orthopedic services.

Orthopedic software company Formus Labs has raised $5 million for its automated orthopedic surgery planner and is partnering with Zimmer Biomet for the product's global launch, the company said Feb. 2. 

Patient engagement platform Force Therapeutics said its episode-based digital care management platform helped a hospital reduce its 90-day total joint readmissions more than 26 percent.

Sports medicine and orthopedic surgeon Peter DeLuca, MD, is joining RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Health in West Orange, N.J.

Charlotte-based Novant Health and New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., will break ground on a $210 million orthopedic hospital this spring, Wilmington StarNews reported Feb. 1.

Martha Murray, MD, and her research team were recently presented with the 2022 Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation's Clinical Research Award for outstanding clinical research related to musculoskeletal disease or injury. 

Mayo Clinic Health System's "Advanced Care at Home" initiative is shortening hospital stays for patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries and allowing them to recover in the comfort of their own homes, wiproud.com reported Jan. 30.

A North Carolina orthopedic surgeon and his wife were sentenced to five years in prison Jan. 28 for federal employment and individual income tax fraud.

Stephen Michaels, MD, was named president of Clinton-based MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and senior vice president of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, according to a news release shared Jan. 30 in The Southern Maryland Chronicle.

Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine opened a standalone orthopedic suite at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill.