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Recon
Exactech Powers New Ways for Surgeons to Connect with Patients Through ExacCoach™
March 16, 2022 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement…
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Recon
New Clinical Study Finds Bilateral Knee Patients Prefer Conformis’ Fully Personalized Solution Over Competitive Off-the-Shelf Implants by a Factor of Over 10 to 1
Study included only patients with a fully personalized Conformis implant in one knee after previously receiving a competitive off-the-shelf implant in…
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Hospitals
Monopoly lawsuit alleges HCA intentionally diverted patients from partner ASCs to its own hospitals
by Dave Muoio | January 20, 2022 A new lawsuit against HCA Healthcare accuses the health system of monopolizing the orthopedic surgery market…
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Financial
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Receives $200,000 Grant from Craig H. Neilsen Foundation for Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
White Plains, N.Y., / OrthoSpineNews / – Burke Rehabilitation Hospital announced an award of $200,000 from the Craig H. Neilsen…
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Extremities
IncludeHealth Launches “MSK Operating System” in Collaboration with Google, and ProMedica Health System
CINCINNATI – September 14th, 2021 /OrthoSpineNews/— IncludeHealth, a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) health company, today launched its proprietary Musculoskeletal Operating System…
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COVID-19
Texas Freestanding ERs Essential to Overwhelmed Healthcare System During Surge
More than 200 Facilities Hold Patients in Need of Hospital Beds AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Amid the worst wave…
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Neuro
Medtronic Announces CareGuidePro™, a New Mobile App and Online Platform for Patients to Navigate Their Spinal Cord Stimulation Journey
New App Developed in Partnership with Higgs Boson Health, a Physician-Led Digital Health and Patient Engagement Solutions Provider The CareGuidePro™…
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Extremities
Identification of Psychological Risk Factors in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients Could Improve Post-Injury Planning
ROSEMONT, Ill., April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Musculoskeletal injuries comprise a large percentage of hospital admissions for adults1 and often lead to chronic pain…
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Hospitals
Get 32% Decrease in Complications in Hip Fracture Patients?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. New work from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that having the same hospitalists…
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Recon
TSA: Patient Satisfaction Unchanged by Reduction of Opioids
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Will a decrease in opioids leave patients “dissatisfied?” Consider a new retrospective review from the NYU…
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Extremities
Orthopedic Trauma Follow-up Disconnected from Clinical Care?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Curious about issues surrounding the expectation of a 1-year follow-up in orthopedic trauma patients, researchers from…
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Recon
Depressed Patients: 225% More Likely to Receive Opioids for Knee OA!
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. There is a lot to unpack in a recent massive study of patients with knee osteoarthritis…
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Extremities
Electric Scooters: What are the Related Fracture Patterns?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. An average person may look at an electric scooter (e-scooter) and think, “What a charming and…
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Extremities
Sad, Distressed Patients’ Misperceptions Can Affect Their Relationship with Pain
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. While pain is most likely not “all in your head,” how you perceive that pain in…
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Sports Medicine
Push Rotator Cuff Tear Patients a Little Postop?
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. Once a patient with a traumatic full-thickness rotator cuff (RC) tear leaves the OR, little is…
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