by loudcanvas | Mar 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Historically total hip and knee replacement were reserved for patients older than age 65 who were low demand, and patients would be dissuaded from more strenuous repetitive activity. This was based on original joint replacement generations which were projected to last...
by loudcanvas | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Price transparency means that prospective patients can determine the cost of a procedure in advance or its occurrence. As of January 1, 2021, the federal government has mandated that hospitals publicly reveal the price they have negotiated with each insurer for each...
by loudcanvas | Feb 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Infections involving joint replacements can be disastrous in that the body’s immune system cannot cure them without further surgery to wash out the joint. Prolonged antibiotic therapy for 6 weeks is required and some patients require removal of the infected joint and...
by loudcanvas | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Data science is an emerging field in healthcare and leverages large amounts of real-time and historical data to make predictions on defined parameters. Machine learning is a field of data science where clinicians can input information into an algorithm which then...
by loudcanvas | Feb 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Over the past year, several regions of the country have been forced to cancel elective surgeries as COVID cases have spike. While there was a global shut-down in cases between late March and early April of 2020, more recently the impact of COVID has been regional...
by loudcanvas | Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dr. Parsons has participated in a multicenter clinical research study that has led to the recent submission of an article in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, entitled, “Risk Factors for Complications and Revision Surgery after Anatomic and Reverse Total...
