United Family Healthcare (UFH), a private comprehensive medical institution based in Beijing, announced an agreement with the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) of New York to participate in the latter’s orthopedic knowledge network. The two will carry out all-round and in-depth collaborations in the orthopedics field, specifically with the aim of strengthening academic exchanges between the two, and jointly promoting the development of the discipline by holding yearly HSS journal webinars, academic visits, clinical visits, personnel training, and exchanges. On the same day, UFH and HSS jointly held a hip replacement seminar.
HSS and UFH: Background and Initiatives
HSS, a world-leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health, boasts an annual 36,780 surgeries. UFH, meanwhile, introduced Mako’s orthopedic surgical robot in 2019, becoming one of the first in China to utilize the equipment for hip replacement.-Fineline Info & Tech
