US News & World Report covered a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, “The Impact of a Reported Penicillin Allergy on Surgical Site Infection Risk.” The study concluded that patients who reported a penicillin allergy and received alternative perioperative antibiotics had a 50% increase of a surgical site infection. Records examined in the study included patients who… Read More
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2017 AAHKS Awards Announced
The Annual Meeting Program Committee has announced three outstanding papers that will be presented with the AAHKS Awards at the Annual Meeting: The James A. Rand Young Investigator’s Award Battling the Opioid Epidemic with Prospective Pain Threshold Measurement Brian T. Nickel, MD, Durham, North Carolina Co-Authors: Mitchell R. Klement, MD, William A. Byrd, MD, David E. Attarian, MD,… Read More
Collaborate in FARE-Funded Perioperative Antibiotic Study
The 2017 Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) grant recipient, Thorsten M. Seyler, MD, PhD of Duke University, is conducting a prospective, randomized study, “Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Elective Total Knee Arthroplasty.” This study is aiming to establish level I evidence for single-dose versus 24-hour antibiotic prophylaxis in primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and is… Read More
CMS Announces Qualifying APM Participant Determinations
Based on eligible clinician participation in the 2017 Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced qualifying APM participant (QP) determinations. Physicians can look up their QP status based on calculations from claims with dates of service between January and March of this year for the first QP snapshot. Full details.
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This Week’s Featured Symposium: Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty
The following industry symposium takes place on Friday, November 3, 2017: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Closing the Gap on Patient Satisfaction: Hand-Held Robotic Assisted Knee Solutions Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics This symposium will feature a global reveal of the first ever Bi-Cruciate Retaining (BCR – JOURNEY II XR) Robotic Procedure for Total Knee surgery through an interactive… Read More
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