Connect with Your South Carolina Colleagues at the 2025 SCOA Annual Meeting

July 31 - August 2, 2025 | Wild Dunes Resort in Isle of Palms, SC

The 2025 SCOA Annual Meeting is designed not only to elevate your orthopaedic skills and knowledge, but to foster meaningful connections among surgeons in the state. This conference is the perfect opportunity for you to engage with like-minded peers, share experiences, and build relationships that will have a lasting impact on your career and your practice. The meeting features two receptions, a family dinner, as well as pickleball, golf, and more.

Don’t miss out—register now, and get ready to be part of a truly connected community of surgeons in South Carolina!

SPONSORED CONTENT

Tactical to Strategic: How to Retain Healthcare Talent 

Thursday, April 3rd | 1:00 PM (ET)

This session will explore how orthopedic practices can shift from short-term hiring fixes to a proactive talent retention strategy. We’ll cover the true cost of turnover, key workforce challenges, and practical steps to improve provider satisfaction. Attendees will gain actionable insights on building a sustainable hiring strategy, leveraging data, and strengthening their workforce for long-term success.

Stream Episodes Three & Four Now!

Episode Three:

In this episode, our hosts Dr. Laura-Kathryn Neal and SCOA staff member Joe Daraskevich discuss Canva and how the platform's AI capabilities can help physicians and practice managers create graphic designs with little to no experience. Dr. Neal suggests starting off by creating infographics that can be shared with patients or others outside the medical field to help make hard-to-understand healthcare topics easier to comprehend. From there, you can streamline office operations with options like office signage, appointment cards, and more.

Episode Four:

In this episode, our hosts Dr. Laura-Kathryn Neal and SCOA staff member Joe Daraskevich explain the benefits of WhatsApp Business. The tool can streamline communication, saving valuable time for all staff members, from doctors to administrators and everyone in between.

Dr. Neal has some helpful tips on how automated greeting messages and messages explaining office hours can help patients without having to take time away from other valuable tasks. 

Ambient Listening—Legal and Ethical Issues

Content provided by The Doctors Company:

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by clinicians in healthcare settings is rapidly increasing. Ambient listening, which involves using AI to record and analyze conversations between clinicians and patients, is one area of early adoption. In “Ambient Listening—Legal and Ethical Issues,” published in JAMA Network Open, patient safety and risk management leaders from The Doctors Company offer a comprehensive analysis of the legal and ethical considerations associated with the use of ambient listening technologies in healthcare settings. Click here to learn more.

MedPAC Gives Congress a Roadmap to Medicare Reform

Endorsing a stabilizing approach to Medicare reform, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recently recommended that Congress link next year’s physician payment update to the growth in the cost of providing care. To learn more, click here.

SC Orthopaedic Practice Administrators, Ortho Service Line Directors, and emerging leaders in both private and hospital settings are encouraged to join the Southeastern Association of Orthopaedic Executives (SAOE).

SAOE offers ortho practice leaders from South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee a unique opportunity to collaborate, network and learn from one another. SAOE membership and attendance at the annual meeting is an affordable and sound investment in your administrative team members.