Jun 12, 2015 | AAHKS Leadership, In the News
AAHKS Past President Carlos J. Lavernia, MD, FAAOS, was featured in the Latin Post article “Multicultural Communities Resistant to Orthopedic Surgery.” Dr. Lavernia addressed the cultural issues that may explain why Latino and African-American patients receive...
Jun 5, 2015 | In the News, Legislation
The U.S. House has tentative plans to take up HR 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act that would repeal the medical device tax in June. In addition an op-ed calling for repeal of the device tax appeared in the influential The Hill newspaper, while the Florida...
Jun 5, 2015 | In the News
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent injury has led to media attention to the problem of femur fractures after hip replacement. AAHKS members have been quoted addressing the clinical issues and patient outcomes for this type of injury. Secretary Kerry is...
May 29, 2015 | In the News
HealthLeaders Media reported this week that Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System and the University of Michigan Health System have announced a “Take the Volume Pledge” campaign among their combined 20 hospitals. “The...
May 22, 2015 | In the News
US News & World Report released their hospital ratings issue which includes hospital performance in three common surgeries – hip replacement, knee replacement and heart bypass surgery. The study team analyzed Medicare data of more than 5 million patient records...
May 15, 2015 | In the News, International
An editorial in the Times Colonist, a western Canadian daily newspaper, brought to light the wait times for hip and knee replacements on Vancouver Island, which “are among the longest in Canada.” In 2014, only 39 percent of hip patients and 26 percent of knee patients...
