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Financial
Hospitals’ per patient labor spend increased 37% from 2019 to Q1 2022
By Dave Muoio / May 12, 2022 Hospitals across the country have seen their per-patient labor expense increase by more than…
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Spine
Genesys Spine Partners with PRIA Healthcare to Improve Patient Coverage
AUSTIN, Texas, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — To assist with patient reimbursement solutions, Austin-based medical device manufacturer Genesys Spine is partnering with PRIA…
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Spine
Karolinska Development’s portfolio company OssDsign completes patient enrollment to the TOP FUSION study
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, April 25, 2022. Karolinska Development AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: KDEV) today announces that its portfolio company OssDsign has enrolled…
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Recon
Zimmer Biomet Debuts WalkAI™ Artificial Intelligence Model to Predict Post-Operative Recovery Progress
WalkAI Adds Predictive Artificial Intelligence Capabilities to ZBEdge™ Connected Intelligence Suite, Offering Surgeons Data-Driven Guidance to Identify Patients with Lagging…
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Spine
Cervision™ – First International Sales Launch in Brazil
Montreal, Canada – São Paulo, Brazil, January 26, 2022 / OrthoSpineNews / — Spinologics Inc. and Importek have announced today…
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Recon
First Ever Knee Replacement with “Smart” Implant Enables Remote Patient Monitoring
Fred Cushner, MD Peter Sculco, MD NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Imagine knee replacement surgery with a “smart” implant that…
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Hospitals
U.S. hospital patient volumes move back toward 2019 levels, McKinsey survey finds
August 23, 2021 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor While regional variations in patient volumes continue at hospitals throughout the U.S., many…
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Extremities
Don’t Waste Time Getting Biomarkers for Infection?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. In looking at 211 nonunions (204 patients), researchers from several institutions have determined that commonly gathered…
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Extremities
Lever Action Plate System® for Distal Radius Fractures by McGinley Orthopedics Undergoes First Patient Implantation
CASPER, Wyo., Feb. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — McGinley Orthopedics, the developer of the patented Lever Action Plate System®, partnered with hand surgeons at Shriners…
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Hospitals
Wear a Skirt=Physically Incapable of Performing Surgery?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. What happens when a team of investigators descends on a sports medicine clinic with pictures…
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COVID-19
In rush to embrace telehealth, many physicians still have concerns about quality of care, survey finds
September 10, 2020 / by Heather Landi During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors turned to virtual consultations to continue to…
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Financial
Cleveland Clinic posts $241M loss in first half of 2020 as patient revenue took a major hit
August 31, 2020 / by Robert King Cleveland Clinic posted an operating loss of $241 million in the first half of…
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Biologics
Kuros Biosciences Announces Treatment of the First Patient in its Spinal Fusion Trial with Fibrin-PTH
SCHLIEREN (ZURICH), Switzerland, Sept. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kuros Biosciences, a leader in next generation bone graft technologies, today announced…
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Spine
Study: ACDF Patients with Radiographic Nonunion 3X Likely to Have Secondary Surgeries
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Some patients who undergo anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) don’t have enough symptoms to…
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Hospitals
Musculoskeletal Infection in Children: How to Get it Right
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Few surgical situations are as complex as a child with a musculoskeletal infection. Recognizing this,…
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