Smith+Nephew (NYSE:SNN) announced that it entered into a partnership to deploy its digital health portfolio for former NFL players.
London-based Smith+Nephew’s partnership with Hall of Fame Health is slated to see the latter join surgeons and facilities across the U.S. to certify certain locations as “centers of excellence” and ensure Smith+Nephew’s care is available to all communities nationwide.
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Smith+Nephew (NYSE:SNN) announced that it entered into a partnership to deploy its digital health portfolio for former NFL players.
London-based Smith+Nephew’s partnership with Hall of Fame Health is slated to see the latter join surgeons and facilities across the U.S. to certify certain locations as “centers of excellence” and ensure Smith+Nephew’s care is available to all communities nationwide.
The partnership is designed to supplement other healthcare options for the ex-players who are seeking joint replacement through a quality care network, including those that the NFL and its Player Care Foundation offers.
“From the beginning, our mission has been to provide world-class services to former NFL players and their families and to do so in a way where the programs we build can have a greater impact across our communities,” Hall of Fame Health CEO Jeremy Hogue said in a news release. “Our partnership with Smith+Neph…
NFL Players Association medical director Thom Mayer told ESPN that the league is developing facemasks to protect players from COVID-19.
Speaking to ESPN reporter Adam Schefter on The Adam Schefter Podcast, Mayer said the league and Oakley are testing prototypes of helmets with a modified facemask that could contain surgical material or even the material used in the 3M (NYSE:MMM) N95 respirator masks that have seen heightened demand during the coronavirus pandemic.
“They’ve got some prototypes,” Mayer said on the podcast. “Some of them, when you first look at them, you think, ‘Gosh, no’ because you’re not used to seeing it. You’re just not used to seeing it. But they’re looking at every issue you can imagine, including when it fogs up. What do we do with that? But these guys are used to dealing with this stuff.”
In another exchange in the podcast, Schefter asked Mayer if it’s realistic to think that players could have fully covered facemasks. Despit…