Philadelphia-based The Vincera Institute has pivoted from performing sports medicine procedures to assisting Philadelphia's healthcare facilities through its emergency preparedness plan, according to a column in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The National Athletic Trainers' Association partnered with mobile per-diem platform Go4Ellis to connect athletic trainers with understaffed healthcare facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., is suspending nonurgent and nonemergent procedures to comply with a March 20 order from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to the Boston Globe.
Sports medicine specialist Jason Smith, DO, is already clocking long hours as the Toledo-Lucas County (Ohio) Health Board's new part-time medical director, according to The Toledo Blade.
Sports medicine physicians are in the middle of a conundrum as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates: Are the injuries professional athletes suffer considered elective surgeries or not?
New York Mets ace Noah Syndergaard is scheduled to have his Tommy John surgery performed at HSS Florida in West Palm Beach March 26. However, the state postponed all elective procedures March 20 — so how is Mr. Syndergaard going under the knife?
All Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care facilities, including the Andrews Institute ASC, postponed all elective procedures after Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order halting elective procedures, NorthEscambia.com reports.
COVID-19 testing in the U.S. lags behind other countries, except when it comes to the NBA, where the league has been testing players with ease, SBNation reports.
Karl-Anthony Owens of the Minnesota Timberwolves said March 15 that he will donate $100,000 to the Mayo Clinic to help increase the number of coronavirus tests the health system can provide, reports the Courier Journal.