by aoeditor | Aug 31, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Here is the question that must be asked. Where is all this new money coming from? The Answer: The money is coming from all the employed physicians FACILITY FEES charged by their employers! And the docs are oblivious to it happy they are making more money. The hospital...
by aoeditor | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Every weekday I drive down a 13 mile stretch of interstate to get to my office right next to my hospital, or should I say facility. Over the last few years I couldn’t help but notice during my drive to work that of the seven new building construction projects, six are...
by aoeditor | Apr 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Question from one of our followers on twitter, DocRockne asked us “Did ortho come up with choosing wisely campaign goals? If not, what would yours be?” Very good question and the AAOS did come up with five practices to be questioned. I must say that while...
by aoeditor | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The big picture on inflammation, orthopedic inflammation that is Many orthopaedic inflammatory diagnoses are mechanical problems first that create a normal inflammatory response. You might not be getting better because you are treating the wrong thing, the...
by aoeditor | Dec 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Somewhere along the way the term inflammation got a bad name. Inflammation can’t be good, right? At least this is what most people think.Inflammation is actually an essential part of every reparative process. It is how our bodies heal and fight back. It is how we...
by aoeditor | Dec 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I would guess most docs, particularly surgeons doing elective surgery and procedures, view this time of year as nothing but good, at least for them. Docs are working long hours trying to fit in all those patients before the end of the year, and more importantly,...
