Research and Data

How Does BMI Affect Outcomes for Total Joint Replacements? Moving from Complications into Functional Outcomes Here at…

GRIT SCALE What if there was a way to better predict which patients will have greater outcomes or a…

What is a CAT? A Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) is a type of assessment in which the questions are…

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) registry programs have an…

What is the Blue Distinction Program? Blue Distinction is a program offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association…

Reproducibility is a critical part of total knee arthroplasty. One option that may optimize this trait is MAKO….

The Oxford Knee Score (OKS) is a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) developed in 1996 to specifically evaluate…

“Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) provide essential insights into quality of surgical intervention. Challenges…

In our last blog we covered the concept of the Minimum Clinically Important Difference (MCID) as a way to use PROs in…

The minimum clinically important difference (MCID) may provide a simple and efficient metric to empower physicians to…

Overview & History The Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) developed the original version of this tool in 1986…

The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) launched the Shoulder and Elbow Registry (SER) in October, 2018….

Total Joint Advancements Come with a Hefty Price Tag Total Hip and Knee Replacement surgery is a well-researched…

Are patient weight and size among the patient-specific factors that affect orthopedic outcomes in regards to implant…

Good news! Just this week the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) announced that it reached its one millionth…

#LeadingVBHC – We talked to Ronald Navarro, MD from Kaiser Permanente after his presentation, Kaiser…