Analysts: Zimmer Biomet CEO’s departure long-needed
Zimmer Biomet pre-announced disappointing second-quarter results while also revealing that David Dvorak had stepped down as CEO, a move that some analysts feel was long needed.
The biggest takeaway from the annual meeting of orthopedic surgeons (AAOS)
The shift from volume to value is no where more apparent than in the orthopedics specialty where vendors that once obsessed over titanium and steel are now focusing on services to manage the bundled payment era.
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Transforming Patient Care: The Role of AI-Powered Assistants
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
The robotic have-not: How J&J plans to woo hospitals, knee surgeons
As the buzz around robotics grows, J&J 's DePuy Synthes is touting the clinical and economic evidence tied to its non-robotic knee platform to help hospitals navigate the bundled payments era, but will that sway them?
On telemedicine, Zimmer Biomet and Stryker have stark contrast
Zimmer Biomet just acquired a telerehab startup, RespondWell, to play in a different part of the bundle as it relates to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program for hip and knee replacements. Stryker is not interested in such technology.
Zimmer Biomet snaps up interactive telerehabilitation business RespondWell
The deal reflects Zimmer Biomet's interest in supporting value-based care through the company's Signature Solutions program to hospitals.
Zimmer Biomet unveils tech-enabled service to stay relevant in value-based care
Zimmer Biomet wants to help hospitals use technology and other tools to maintain good patient outcomes and improve hospital efficiencies in a bid to stay relevant in the shift to value-based care.
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Zimmer finally gets into robotics game with French deal
After dismissing robotics in orthopedics, Zimmer Biomet is jumping on the bandwagon.
DocPlanner raises $10M to expand global reach of physician scheduling
Digital health business DocPlanner is aiming for world domination in the online physician appointment setting market.
Wow of the week: Olfactory nerve cells help paralyzed man to walk
The news this week that the same nerve cells that control our ability to smell can apparently be used to help paralyzed people walk is thrilling stuff. The process that led up to the surgery was years in the making. Here’s an overview. Doctors zeroed in on olfactory nerve cells in the first place because […]