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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Maximizing Your Non-Physician Practitioners

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Physician assistants and nurse practitioners (often referred to as nonphysician practitioners, or NPPs) can be instrumental in helping physician practices speed reimbursements, increase patient satisfaction,

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Update on Stem Cell Trials for Spinal Cord Injuries

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

About 12,000 new cases of spinal cord injury occur each year. The average annual cost for patients living with spinal cord injury is more than

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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Management Companies Big Players in Practice Acquisitions

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

Physician practice management companies have re-emerged as big players in physician practice acquisition. In 2011, more than half of the purchasers of physician practices were

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

RA Progression Rate Predicts Need for Future Surgery

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

UK epidemiologists presenting at the annual meeting of the British Society for Rheumatology recently reported that X-ray evidence of rapid rheumatoid arthritis (RA) progression during

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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Orthopaedic Job Seekers Motivated by Geography

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

According to a recent survey by JBJS among nearly 100 orthopaedic job seekers, the number-one challenge orthopaedists face each day is finding a balance between

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Editor's choice Surgeon Edition

Editor’s Choice—June 2, 2014

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The May 21, 2014 Orthopaedic Forum article, “Public perception regarding anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction” by Matava et al. is a timely reminder of how important

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Surgeon Edition

JBJS Reviews Editor Echoes Call for Improved Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In last month’s Editor’s Choice, JBJS Editor in Chief Vern Tolo. MD, called for more concerted efforts among orthopaedists to link care of fragility fractures

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

In-Development App Would Enable Remote Gait Analysis via Smartphone

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

The accelerometer chip inside almost every smartphone, which helps the device know up from down, could help orthopaedic surgeons remotely analyze the gaits of their

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Practice Trends & Tips Surgeon Edition

Age-Related Differences in Physician Lifestyles

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

A recent study by the AMA Insurance Agency of 125,000 practicing physicians spanning across a broad spectrum of specialties found many significant differences in work/life

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Need to Know Surgeon Edition

Pig-Bladder Cells Create Scaffold for Muscle Growth in People

June 1, 2014May 29, 2014 OrthoBuzz for Surgeons

In a pre-clinical trial among five men with 50% to 90% of leg-muscle loss due to injury, researchers found that implanted cells from pig bladders

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