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With 230 ASCs in 35 states, Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates has reached about 90 percent of pre-COVID-19 volumes, Chief Medical Officer Dan Murrey, MD, said in an Accreditation Insider article published June 29.

More patients are seeking alternative care sites in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey commissioned by healthcare real estate company REIT Physicians Realty Trust. 

The FDA recently delivered guidance for vaccine developers on how effective a COVID-19 vaccine will have to be to win full regulatory approval.

Privately held orthopedic implant company Engage Surgical released a cementless partial knee replacement system July 1, after receiving FDA approval.

Google Trends tracks the most frequently asked questions about the coronavirus for the past year, updating information daily.

Here are 19 spine facilities that opened or will open this year:

While still higher than pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, telemedicine visits have begun to steadily decline across the U.S. since peaking in mid-April, according to a June 25 Commonwealth Fund report.

Hawaii is the state where residents are recovering the most from COVID-19, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Through a new partnership, Medline is offering an online toolkit to outpatient surgery centers resuming elective procedures.

More patients are going to clinicians but outpatient volumes are still down from this time last year, according to a study published in The Commonwealth Fund.