Apr 1, 2016 | AAHKS Leadership, In the News
Becker’s Spine Review – Orthopedic Practice Management published an interview with AAHKS President William A. Jiranek, MD, FACS that provided some insight into his views on education, advocacy and the future of health care. Full story.
Apr 1, 2016 | In the News
A story in the Los Angeles Times this week focused on how Arkansas has moved quickly to upgrade its health care system after the Affordable Care Act was in place. “Few places have embraced this revolution more fully than Arkansas, which embarked on one of the most...
Mar 25, 2016 | In the News
The Chicago Tribune featured an article this week on knee replacement surgery and its effectiveness in treating knee pain. The article looked at osteoarthritis and other conservative therapies and cites a study in The New England Journal of Medicine. Interviews with...
Mar 11, 2016 | In the News, Research
The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) featured a study presented at the 2016 AAOS Annual Meeting on a bundled payment pilot at the NYU Langone Medical Center. “NYU’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery saw reductions in overall length of stay, fewer admissions for...
Mar 11, 2016 | In the News
Schneider Regional Medical Center on the US Virgin Island of St. Thomas announced that it has suspended elective total hip and total knee replacement surgeries. According to the St. Croix Source, the medical center decided to remove the services for financial reasons....
Feb 26, 2016 | In Memoriam, In the News
Frank Gunston, MD of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada passed away on February 16, 2016. He is credited with inventing the first artificial knee in 1963. Dr. Gunston worked as an associate of Sir John Charnley, MD through a traveling hip arthroplasty fellowship at...
