case stories
Desert Orthopaedic Center
- Nevada, USA
Desert Orthopaedic Center (DOC) is the largest and most established orthopedic group in southern Nevada. Orthopaedic care is provided for a variety of subspecialties, including sports medicine, total joint replacement and revision, arthroscopic reconstruction of the knee and shoulder, hand/wrist surgery, pediatric orthopedics, scoliosis and spinal deformities, and foot and ankle reconstruction.
Marienhospital Aachen
- Aachen, Germany
Around 700 of the orthopedic procedures carried out annually at the Marienhospital in Aachen are joint reconstruction operations, which require careful pre-operative planning. “It’s perfectly true that this means we’re not among the biggest institutions, but we do differ from other hospitals in that we place high priority on the personal, human aspect of our work. What we offer our patients is someone they can talk to, and someone they can rely on. And the best way to fulfill this traditional approach is by making use of ultra-modern and ultra-efficient IT solutions,” says Dr. Klaus Borggrefe, Director of Orthopedics and Accident Surgery at Aachen.
Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi
- Milan, Italy
Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi is a private hospital in Milan dedicated to orthopedic procedures. They perform approximately 100,000 examinations and 15,000 surgeries annually. As a production-oriented hospital, a high-performance PACS and a digital templating tool for the orthopedic surgeons was a prerequisite to meet their high demands on efficiency.