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Texas ASC adds Mako robot, completes 100th total joint replacement
On May 5, Fort Worth, Texas-based Medical City Surgery Center completed its 100th total joint replacement case and added a Stryker Mako robot for total and partial knee arthroplasties.
Physicians' biggest threats
From declining reimbursements to burnout, physician leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the biggest threats to physicians.
VA physician indicted for allegedly assaulting 4 patients
Rajesh Patel, MD, a physician working at a Decatur, Ga., Veterans Affairs hospital, was indicted for sexually assaulting four female patients, the Justice Department said May 4.
Orlando Health buys $7.38M medical office building
Orlando (Fla.) Health has purchased another medical office building near its main campus for $7.38 million, according to a May 8 report from local news station WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.
Former Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist pleads not guilty to aiding Russia
Anesthesiologist Anna Gabrielian, MD, a former employee of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins, and her husband, Jamie Lee Henry, have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to help Russia by violating patient privacy, CBS Baltimore reported May 5.
HCA doubles down on outpatient growth: 4 notes
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare continues to double down on developing outpatient facilities and increasing outpatient procedure migration, according to an April 21 first-quarter earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha.
VA surgeons less effective at identifying colonoscopy abnormalities than gastroenterologists
Surgeons at the Veterans Affairs medical system are less effective at identifying adenomas in routine colonoscopies than gastroenterologists, according to a study conducted by gastroenterologist Andrew Gawron, MD, PhD, and reported on by MedPage Today …
Sutter Health, Sansum Clinic set to collaborate
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, owner of 33 ASCs, 23 hospitals and several multispecialty clinics on the West Coast, plans to enter a strategic partnership with Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Sansum Clinic, one of the oldest outpatient facilities …
Digital health company adds two GI specialists to medical advisory board
Digital digestive healthcare company Vivante has added two gastroenterology specialists to its medical advisory board.
Arkansas Children's to add ASC in $318M expansion project
Arkansas Children’s hospital has announced an expansion plan totaling nearly $318 million that will add to its locations in Little Rock and Springdale, according to a May 8 report from the Magnolia Reporter.
