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Common hand problems in Diabetics
Dr. Alejandro Badia , MD, FACS is a world renowned hand and upper extremity surgeon expert. He is the founder of the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and chief medical officer for OrthoNOW. He will answer the following questions: What is the correlation between hand problems and Diabetics?, What are the signs of these issues?, Is it treatable?, Can it worsen if not treated?, Is there any correlation between these symptoms and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
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Carpal tunnel syndrome
Dr. Alejandro Badia , MD, FACS is a world renowned hand and upper extremity surgeon expert. He is the founder of the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and chief medical officer for OrthoNOW. he will answer the following questions: What is carpal tunnel syndrome and how is one afflicted with it?, How does one cure or treat it?, What are the signs that it is CTS as opposed to just a natural aging process?, Is it usually associated with older or younger people? What is the usual age demographic?, Is CTS on an incline due to our extended computer use?, What is the “trigger finger”?
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The overwhelming need for franchised urgent care
Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS is a world renowned hand and upper extremity surgeon expert. He is the founder of the Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and chief medical officer for OrthoNOW. He will answer the following questions: Your passion project is OrthoNow, a new solution for people to receive more focused care instead of hospital emergency rooms or urgent care. Is there such an overwhelming need? If so, why?, what is the difference between urgent care and your franchised focused care?, Why is focused care like OrthoNow more cost effective?, Given you also may have a lot of patients, why is it automatic the waiting period is less in focused care as opposed to hospital emergency rooms?, What about patients without insurance?, How will this affect the healthcare system as a whole?