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Coronavirus and your practice procedures
Podiatry Management
Coronavirus has made a
difference in your practice procedures. You’ve
reorganized your waiting
room and check-in procedures to comply with social distancing. Staff are required to wear masks
and increased personal protection
equipment.
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.PROFESSION NEWS
New study suggests shorter duration of antibiotics for diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Podiatry Today
Diabetic foot osteomyelitis remains one of the most challenging conditions to manage and treat in the foot and ankle. It is associated with high rates of recurrence, significant morbidity and mortality and costs. Diagnosis can be particularly challenging in the presence of diabetes due to an often blunted neuroinflammatory response, in which the usual manifestations of infection (e.g., fever, tachycardia, elevated white blood cell count) are frequently absent.
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VIDEO: TAA in 72-year-old man with stage 4 flatfoot deformity
Orthopedics Today
Mark E. Easley, MD, FAAOS, performed total ankle arthroplasty, double arthrodesis and foot realignment/stabilization in a 72-year-old man with stage 4 flatfoot deformity. Intraoperatively, varus/valgus stability is shown and there is no gapping with valgus stress. Despite minimal bone resection, the largest primary polyethylene thickness available was used to balance the patient’s ankle.
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How much is your practice really worth?
Medical Economics
Physicians who have spent most of their working life building a practice often have no clue how much their business is worth. This lack of knowledge can affect retirement planning, create financial delays when applying for loans and allow inefficiencies to erode the overall value of the practice.
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Formula 7® is the only paraben free soluble tolnaftate antifungal microemulsion fortified with cosmetic ingredients and bactericidal agents. Formula 7® is formulated with cosmetic ingredients that rehydrate and restore the natural physical properties and appearance of the skin and nail with each use.
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COVID-19 physician practice financial impact survey results
AMA
The economic impact of COVID-19 on health care continues to reveal itself through reductions in patient volume and revenue and in higher practice costs. As the pandemic stretches on, physician practice viability remains under threat.
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Why arthroscopy is essential in treating ankle fractures
Podiatry Today
Arthroscopic evaluation of the ankle joint as part of an initial open reduction with internal fixation is not a new concept. Indeed, surgeons have discussed this in the literature for nearly three decades. Hamilton and colleagues even advocated for the use of arthroscopy as part of ankle ORIF in Podiatry Today more than a decade ago.
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Online physician reviews are met with distrust among medical professionals
Healthcare Finance
Online consumer reviews play an important role in almost every consumer industry — from dining and shopping, to travel and technology. But what do online reviews of physicians tell consumers?
In a new study, researchers from the University of Texas at Dallas investigated whether patient-generated online reviews of physicians accurately reflect the quality of care.
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. CURRENT RESEARCH ARTICLES OF INTEREST
What's new in foot and ankle surgery
JB&JS
This article provides a summary of research pertaining to orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery, published from September 2018 to September 2019. The included studies were published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, The Bone & Joint Journal, Foot & Ankle International, Foot and Ankle Surgery, The BMJ, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, the Journal of Pain Research, the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, the Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Mitigating the opioid crisis for the lower extremity provider opioid stewardship programs
The Foot
Opioids are an effective form of analgesia for pain treatment. Over prescribing of opioids agents have become detrimental to the United States’ public health. One of the most difficult challenges for any prescriber is to balance the potential benefits versus the potential risks of opioid prescribing. Addressing the opioid crisis requires an interprofessional team approach.
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