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COVID-19
Elective surgeries continue at some US hospitals during coronavirus outbreak despite supply and safety worries
March 21, 2020 / Jayne O’DonnellUSA TODAY U.S. hospitals face a critical shortage of protective equipment and top federal officials…
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UPMC defends decision to continue with some elective surgeries
March 23, 2020 / TARA BANNOW UPMC on Monday defended its policy of continuing to perform elective procedures on a…
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MEDICREA Is Protected From the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 20, 2020 LYON, France & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The MEDICREA® Group (Euronext Growth Paris: FR0004178572 – ALMED ; OTCQX Best…
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Hospitals are still scheduling elective procedures during coronavirus crisis, and frontline medical workers fear they’re infecting patients
Many U.S. hospitals are canceling or scaling back on non-essential elective surgeries to make space for patients with the COVID-19…
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As Coronavirus Gains Momentum, Pence Calls For Cancellation Of All Elective Medical, Dental Procedures
BY MANDY ROTH | MARCH 18, 2020 Trump administration asks providers to preserve medical supplies in the fight against COVID-19. The federal…
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‘A death sentence’: Critically ill patients denied transplants amid coronavirus outbreak
March 18, 2020 / By Mike Hixenbaugh From the moment of his birth in 1987, Zach Branson has struggled with a…
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During COVID-19, experts outline 5 key steps for finding extra hospital capacity
March 16, 2020 / Susan Dentzer, Dr. Peter Viccellio and Eugene Litvak Susan Dentzer is senior policy fellow at the…
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Patients Waiting Too Long to Undergo Knee Replacement
When to get married? When to quarantine? When to have a total knee replacement? A new study can’t help much…
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What It Really Means to Cancel Elective Surgeries
MARCH 17, 2020 – SARAH ZHANG To make room for coronavirus patients, hospitals are delaying procedures that would make major…
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Will Your Elective Surgery Be Delayed by Coronavirus?
March 16, 2020 / Mark Prvulovic Health groups are asking hospitals to decrease or even halt elective surgeries as the…
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How will coronavirus affect medtech companies that rely on elective surgeries?
MARCH 17, 2020 – By NANCY CROTTI One thing is likely to hurt some medtech companies more than others during the coronavirus…
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Junctional Injuries On and Off the Battlefield
By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., March 13, 2020 You don’t have to be in a war zone to experience a…
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Robotics
St. Francis Hospital’s New Robotic Platform Transforms Spine Surgery
FEDERAL WAY, Wash., Feb. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CHI Franciscan’s St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, Washington is expanding high quality, innovative surgical care…
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Spine
DeGen Medical Announces First Minimally Invasive Case with Dr. Peter Derman at Texas Back Institute
Florence, SC, Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — DeGen Medical, Inc. an innovator in the design and manufacturing of spinal implant…
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Hospitals
Smith+Nephew announces Ambulatory Surgery Center strategy ‘Positive Connections’
LONDON, Feb. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN,NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology business, today announces ‘Positive Connections’, a turnkey service to…
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