Orthopedics / TJR

Greensboro (N.C.) Orthopaedics partnered with Reflexion Health, a virtual rehabilitation therapy company, to offer patients access to Reflexion's Virtual Exercise Rehabilitation Platform.

Hip fracture rates have declined each year from 2002 to 2012 for women aged 65 years or older. However, hip fracture rates for 2013, 2014 and 2015 were higher than projected and resulted in an estimated increase of over 11,000…

British-based medical manufacturing company Smith & Nephew's episode of care assurance program reduced hospital readmission rates by 97.3 percent for total joint arthroplasties.

New York is a changing market for outpatient surgery centers, and Syracuse.com reported a trend toward patients opting for outpatient orthopedic procedures, including joint replacements.

Evgeny Krynetskiy, MD, joined Seaside Surgery Center in Naples, Fla.

A new study published in the Journal of Arthroplasty examines total knee replacements in the outpatient setting for the Medicare population.

The Joint Commission re-certified Western Missouri Medical Center's orthopedic clinic in Warrensburg, according to the Daily-Star Journal.

The rate of small joint surgery for rheumatoid arthritis patients has declined since 1995, according to a retrospective medical review in Arthritis Care & Research. The rate of large joint surgery did not change.

A study, published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, ranked the quality and quantity of research produced by university-based orthopedic surgery residency programs in the U.S.

Chicago-based Illinois Bone & Joint Institute, the largest independent physician-owned orthopedic practice in the U.S., appointed William Robb III, MD, orthopedic director and chief medical officer.