After postponing all elective surgeries for nearly two months, Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute is resuming certain elective cases starting May 1.
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The American Medical Association on May 4 provided guidance for physicians reopening medical practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safe Orthopaedics on May 4 began easing some of the partial activity measures for its German commercial team.
Des Plaines-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute is preparing to resume elective surgeries on May 11 in accordance with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's recent guidance, the Daily Herald reports.
Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center recently hired three orthopedic surgeons, the Niagara Gazette reports.
Hospital revenues have been hit hard by the cessation of elective surgeries, with rural hospitals particularly struggling to deal with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ozarks First reports.
Xenex Disinfection Services is reportedly the first company to prove that its robot can sterilize a room of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to The Rivard Report.
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 1 refused to hear an appeal by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in a whistleblower lawsuit against the health system and 13 neurosurgeons, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
The American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics recently recognized Timothy Hiesterman, DO, as a fellow, SC Times reports.
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