Publisher’s Note: The Unseen Costs of Providing Online Information
Providing information online is neither free nor easy, despite the general perception that online information can or should be free.…
App review: MediBabble Helps Bridge Language Barriers
According to TopOrthoApps.com, a medical-app review site, MediBabble does a very good job helping doctors communicate with non-English speaking patients. …
How Many Healthcare Resources Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Use?
With medical costs under constant scrutiny, the Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute Center for Health Policy conducted a study titled “Patterns of …
An ICD-10 Win and SGR Loss for Orthopaedists in Latest Congressional Action
By a vote of 64 to 35, the US Senate approved a one-year “patch” of the current SGR-based Medicare payment …
Portrait of an Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon and Compassionate Caregiver
Dr. David Lhowe, orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, spent time in a makeshift field hospital next to what …
A Conversation with Orrin Franko, MD
Orrin Franko, MD is a fifth-year orthopaedic surgery resident at University of California, San Diego. He has an interest in …
Editor’s Choice – April 7, 2014
How to prevent pulmonary function deterioration has been a focus in the management of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) …
Prepping for 2014
The medical landscape is always changing. With the Affordable Care Act, implementation of ICD-10, and penalties for not participating in …
Post-Rehab At-Home Exercise Boosts Mobility after Hip Fracture
A home-based exercise program modestly improved physical function in older adults who completed a standard rehabilitation program after a hip …