Mar 11, 2021 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
Research presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting examined surgical site infection risk factors after total joint arthroplasty (TJA), Healio reported on February 25. Ingwon Yeo, MD and colleagues examined data from more than 11,500 patients who...
Mar 4, 2021 | Annual Meeting, Research
The Program Committee invites abstract submissions and symposium proposals for the 2021 AAHKS Annual Meeting. Abstracts may be submitted on the AAHKS website; symposium proposals are due by May 3, 2021 and abstract submissions are due by June 1, 2021. AAHKS is seeking...
Feb 25, 2021 | CMS, Research
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice are requesting surgeon input on their Measuring Outcomes in Orthopedics Routinely (MOOR) program. MOOR consists of four measures...
Feb 25, 2021 | COVID-19, Patient Outcomes, Research
A study presented at the February 2021 Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting found that morbidity and mortality among patients who underwent elective THA and TKA was significantly greater during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the same time period the year...
Feb 18, 2021 | In the News, Patient Outcomes, Research
Healio reported on February 1 that “patients who undergo total joint arthroplasty in the outpatient setting are less likely to become persistent opioid users than those who undergo inpatient total joint arthroplasty.” The originating study, published in The Journal of...
Feb 11, 2021 | COVID-19, Research
AAHKS continues to track the impact of COVID-19 for members in practice in order to inform you, assist with your overall understanding of what your peers are experiencing and to help us advocate for you. Your continued participation in the survey is essential and...
