Oct 15, 2020 | Patient Education, Patient Outcomes
Help your patients complete their physical therapy at home with two new exercise guides from the AAHKS Patient and Public Relations Committee. The downloadable, printable guides cover exercises patients can do at home to address low back pain and pes anserine bursitis...
Oct 15, 2020 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
Males and patients with light-duty work, self-employment and higher income are more likely to return to work faster after total joint arthroplasty, according to a new study published in the September/October Healio Orthopedics journal. Factors related to a slower...
Jun 22, 2018 | In the News, Patient Outcomes
The Washington Post published an article this week written by Consumer Reports discussing the benefits and potential downsides of joint replacement and outlining realistic post-surgical expectations including quotes from AAHKS member surgeons. “More than half of all...
Mar 23, 2018 | Patient Outcomes, Surveys
The American Medical Association announced the results of a new prior authorization (PA) physician survey issued in December 2017. The results provide strong evidence of the significant impact that the burdensome PA process can have on both patients and physician...
Aug 18, 2017 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
In an interview with Medscape, Susan Goodman, MD describes in-depth the process that took place to develop the new guideline, “2017 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Guideline for the Perioperative Management of...
Feb 12, 2016 | In the News, Patient Outcomes
An article in this week’s Medscape Orthopedics news asks the question, “Will orthopedic registries improve joint surgery outcomes?” Looking at new data from the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), the official registry of AAHKS, the article suggests that new...
