By EFORT Head Office | The October 2018 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE) is now available! Orthopaedics Today Europe is now available in a new digital format, all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership. Each issue provides high level editorial features and clinical news content as […]
European Doctors unite to demand policymakers support for EU-Level HTA
While the European Parliament (EP) prepares to vote upon the legislative proposal on health technology assessment (HTA)*, organisations representing tens of thousands of healthcare professionals who make daily use of health technologies unite in a call for a positive legislative outcome. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) together with the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), […]
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 21 | Issue no. 09 | September 2018
By EFORT Head Office | The September 2018 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE) is now available! Orthopaedics Today Europe is now available in a new digital format, all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership. Each issue provides high level editorial features and clinical news content as […]
New Medical Devices Regulations (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulations (IVDR)
EFORT calls upon the European Commission and European Parliament to ensure that implementation of the new Medical Devices Regulations (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulations (IVDR) does not jeopardise the availability of high quality medical devices, which enable the safe treatment of patients and avoid compromised outcomes. EFORT is the European Federation of […]
Cobalt in Orthopaedic Implants
Joint Statement of EFORT and MedTech Europe’s Orthopaedic Sector Group 14 August 2018 Under the new Medical Devices Regulation, orthopaedic implants containing Cobalt (usually in alloy form) will most likely have to bear a label communicating the presence of Cobalt in the device. This may happen if the European Commission will adopt the proposal to […]
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 21 | Issue no. 08 | August 2018
By EFORT Head Office | The August 2018 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE) is now available! Orthopaedics Today Europe is now available in a new digital format, all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership. Each issue provides high level editorial features and clinical news content as […]
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 21 | Issue no. 07 | July 2018
By EFORT Head Office | The July 2018 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE) is now available! Orthopaedics Today Europe is now available in a new digital format, all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership. Each issue provides high level editorial features and clinical news content as […]
Expert interview: Recent innovations and new technologies in pain management – Building a competitive advantage for hospitals
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, is the chairman of Clínica do Dragão at the Espregueira-Mendes Sports Centre, a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence at the FC Porto Stadium. Espregueira-Mendes is also chairman and professor of orthopaedic sports medicine in the orthopaedic department of Minho University. He sits on several boards for foundations and educational institutions devoted […]
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 21 | Issue no. 06 | June 2018
By EFORT Head Office | The June 2018 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE) is now available! Orthopaedics Today Europe is now available in a new digital format, all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership. Each issue provides high level editorial features and clinical news content as […]
EFORT Orthopaedics Today Europe: Volume 21 | Issue no. 05 | May 2018
By EFORT Head Office | The May 2018 issue of EFORT’s online newspaper Orthopaedics Today Europe (OTE) is now available! Orthopaedics Today Europe is now available in a new digital format, all HTML, mobile-optimized format, with new monthly publications for our global readership. Each issue provides high level editorial features and clinical news content as […]