… care,” said Brad Bowman, MD, chief medical officer, Healthgrades. “Healthcare consumerism is requiring hospitals and health systems to innovate in a variety of areas, including quality, to meet growing expectations about the level of care, …
Category: Orthopaedic Surgery
Physiotherapy ‘false economy’ warning as fifth of patients waiting more than 16 weeks
… of patients are being seen within the four week target, far short of the Government’s 90 per cent benchmark, but the health board is planning to cut a further nine physiotherapist posts this year on top of nearly three shed last year. The Society …
Gov’t asked to extend NHIS to Orthopaedic patients
Professor Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, President of the Foundation of Orthopaedics and Complex Spine , has called on the government to extend the National Health Insurance Scheme to cover the treatment of orthopaedic care. Prof Boachie who is also Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery said: “If the cost of treatment is GH? 10,000.00 for instance, the NHIS could decide to take up GH? 2000.00 as the patient takes care of the rest, which we can help to make part payment and start a payment plan.”
Northside Forsyth hosts Georgia’s first robotic total knee replacement surgery
… Certification for hip and knee joint replacement from The Joint Commission. As part of the Northside Hospital health care system, the hospital also offers patients expertise that ranks in the top one percent of all robotic surgery programs in the …
Bone Therapeutics Announces Its Financial Calendar for 2017
This schedule is indicative and subject to change. The calendar is also available on the Bone Therapeutics website under the heading Investors .