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50% of Total Joint Surgeons in the Dark About RUC Codes Controversy
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 21, 2019 For years they have participated in bundled care programs, saving millions of…
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Jeff Wang, M.D. on Steering NASS
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 15, 2019 Jeff Wang M.D. To some, the NASS ship appeared to be going…
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Study: High Surgeon Satisfaction Using Patient Decision Aids
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 11, 2019 In examining 1,220 pre-visit and 967 post-visit surveys, a team of researchers…
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Jim Bradley, M.D. Sounds Off: EMRs Violating Sanctity of Physician-Patient Relationship
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 10, 2019 Hippocrates probably didn’t have to contend with an EMR. In fact, being…
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Nocimed: Moving Forward on Back Pain
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., October 4, 2019 If one of the most defining human traits is a need for…
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1 in 5 surgeons plans to retire early due to physical toll, survey finds
by Joanne Finnegan | Sep 19, 2019 At the same time that the country faces a predicted shortage of physicians, one in five…
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Precision OS Technology Expands into the USA
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, September 12, 2019—Precision OS Technology announced today it has opened a second office in Seattle, Washington, allowing…
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Shifts in Trauma: Insights From a 30-Year Veteran
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 3, 2019 Roy Sanders, M.D. is an established editor, academician, clinician, administrator and teacher,…
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Lack of Benefits, Combined with Potential Harm Leads to Evidence Against Laser Spine Surgery
ROSEMONT, Ill., Sept. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — With one internet search, a patient can find a host of information and marketing materials…
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Who is Policing the Leadership?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., September 3, 2019 If an attending behaves unprofessionally, you go to the chair. If the…
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Accept the Offer of Employment..or Not?
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., August 22, 2019 After years spent in training—training that typically doesn’t include information on how…
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HSS Residency Leadership Group: Fostering the Future
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., August 8, 2019 What does one exceptional residency program do to help facilitate the daily…
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Stryker at GMU to train Middle East surgeons on hip replacements
UAE, Feb 6: US-based Stryker, a global orthopedic implants and medical equipment provider, visited Gulf Medical University (GMU) on February…
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How Surgeons Stay Focused for Hours
By Lucette Lagnado, Nov. 16, 2016 Organ-transplant surgeons have skills most of us can only dream about. One, concentrating for hours straight,…
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Surgeons use nose cells to repair damaged knee joints
October 20, 2016 – By Susan Scutti, CNN (CNN)-Swiss surgeons successfully used an experimental technique, which includes harvesting cells from the…
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