Orthopedics

Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health has opened the $9 million Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Center in Bemidji, Minn., according to a Real Estate Journals report.

Oakland Regional Hospital in Southfield, Mich., has launched an orthopedic hand treatment center, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System announced that its Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital in Baltimore will operate as the University of Maryland Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute, effective July 2013.

Orthopedic surgery patients at UnityPoint Trinity Bettendorf (Iowa) Hospital are often walking around the same day as their surgery, and back at home well within two.

La Peer Health System in Beverly Hills, Calif., has opened a joint surgery center of excellence, according to a Times Union report.

Health systems must accurately assess their organizational, medical staff and market characteristics before developing an orthopedic service line strategy. A whitepaper by New Heights Group outlines 15 questions hospitals and health systems should ask in determining their orthopedic strategy

The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has announced a new agreement with Amil Par, the largest managed healthcare organization in Brazil, to provide high-quality care at a new orthopedic center in Rio de Janeiro.

An infographic from Objective Health, a McKinsey Solution, shows that 60 percent of orthopedic surgeons are loyal to one brand of knee implant.

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago has announced the opening of the MOR Hand, Wrist & Elbow Institute.

Tucson Medical Center will open an orthopedic and surgical tower on May 6, according to an Arizona Daily Star report.