Jul 31, 2015 | In the News
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looks at data on patient access to health care. Using the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey data from 2012-2015, researchers examined insurance coverage, access to primary care,...
Jul 24, 2015 | In the News, Membership
Orthopedics Today published an interview with four orthopaedists, including AAHKS past president John J. Callaghan, MD, on the challenges and benefits of pursuing academic medicine. They explore topics of balancing clinical practice, research, education and...
Jul 24, 2015 | In the News
A week after ProPublica put its “surgeon scorecard” online for public use, HealthLeaders Media published a commentary on its flaws. The database uses Medicare billing records on death and complication rates of common surgeries to rate individual surgeons....
Jul 24, 2015 | In the News, Research
The online news source AsiaOne reported on a study of the molecular structure of squid beaks and how the same material might be ideal for joint implants. The study was published in Nature Chemical Biology last month by Ali Miserez, Assistant Professor at Nanyang...
Jul 17, 2015 | In the News, Performance Measures
The non-profit news outlet, ProPublica, published a database of “Adjusted Complication Rates” of surgeons performing common surgeries. The data was derived from Medicare claims data and can be searched online. In a statement released by the American Academy of...
Jul 17, 2015 | In the News
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interviewed several AAHKS members and a patient who had undergone same-day knee surgery at a local facility. The article describes the benefits of being able to recover at home as well as information that a short stay is not for everyone....
