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As featured in: Share on social media:          Listen to Podcast Christine Dura, Chief Development Officer of OrthoNOW the nation’s only network of franchised orthopedic urgent care centers joins Enterprise Radio. This episode of Enterprise Radio is working in conjunction with the Franchising Channel. Listen to host Eric Dye & guest Christine Dura discuss… Read More »

As featured in: Share on social media:          We are honored to have our Founder and CEO, Dr. Alejandro Badia, named as one of the 50+ Innovation Leaders by MedCity News and Innovations 50+. Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the innovation category for our disruptive work with the mobile… Read More »

As featured in: Share on social media:          EPISODE 24: THE PIVOTAL LEADER – JUSTIN IRIZARRY “It’s not practice that makes the difference – it’s perfect practice that does.” – Justin Irizarry Justin Irizarry, CFO of OrthoNow is NOT the stereotypical CFO. His innovative ability to start the nation’s only franchised orthopedic urgent… Read More »

As featured in: Share on social media:          Like many entrepreneurs, Asher Raphael, CEO of Power Home Remodeling in Chester, Pa., knew he needed to offer professional development to his employees. To get started, he took a look at his workforce and identified who had untapped potential. Raphael used performance metrics to decide… Read More »

As featured in:     When an orthopedic surgeon and a financial whiz put their heads together, something groundbreaking is bound to happen. Once Dr. Alejandro Badia and Justin Irizarry realized that they had the tools and knowledge to potentially save orthopedic patients a ton of time and money, innovation of the healthcare industry was… Read More »

As featured in: Share on social media:          Alejandro Badia, MD, FACS is an internationally renowned hand and upper extremity surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center in Doral, Florida. Dr. Badia graduated from Cornell University and completed his medical degree at NYU. He served as the worldwide president of ISSPORTH and co-founded… Read More »

As featured in: Share on social media:          If you or a family member broke an ankle or dislocated a shoulder, what if you could just use an app on your smartphone to schedule a visit at a nearby orthopedic urgent care center and, at the same time, also arrange for an Uber… Read More »

As featured in: Walk-in patients with ankle sprains, wrist fractures, concussions and other injuries will soon get instant relief with OrthoNOW Urgent Care expanding rapidly across the US. Calling itself the nation’s only orthopedic urgent care franchise, OrthoNOW opened its first location in Miami in 2010 and began awarding franchises in 2014. The franchisor is… Read More »

As featured in: OrthoNOW, a franchise business of specialized orthopedic urgent care centers, announced it would expand its franchise to include a location in Weston, Fla., by this fall and agreed to open several additional centers in Broward County over the next two to three years. The centers are focused on assessing and treating a… Read More »

As featured in: Alejandro Badia, M.D., was frustrated that he was the second and sometimes third stop for patients with hand and upper limb injuries. He was frustrated that he was called to the ER at midnight to attend patients who had been waiting for hours. He was frustrated that the public conversation on healthcare… Read More »