What Healthcare Can Learn from the NFL
The NFL’s secret weapon for injury prevention is data interoperability, according to Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer.
The NFL’s secret weapon for injury prevention is data interoperability, according to Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer.
Orthopedics giant Zimmer Biomet entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Embody, a company that makes collagen-based implants designed to heal soft tissue injuries. Zimmer Biomet pursued the deal to grow its sports medicine portfolio and gain entry into the high-growth rotator cuff augmentation submarket, an executive said.
New York-based startup Oculogica has created an objective, baseline-free diagnostic to detect whether someone's had a concussion.
Cleveland Clinic's Sideline Guidelines contains medical information and branching logic to help trainers and other medical professionals diagnose sports injuries on the sidelines, plan training schedules and decide when an athlete is medically able to return to play.