Apr 3, 2015 | Medicare, Technology
The American Joint Replacement Registry has made available a tool for surgeons to use when calculating patient risk when advising patients on surgery. The calculator is designed to assess the individual risk of poor outcomes for patients aged 65 and older after having...
Feb 20, 2015 | Membership, Technology
After the first weeks of the new program where leaders in hip and knee arthroplasty are “on call” to respond to case sharing posts on the AAHKS DocSpera website portal, AAHKS members have posted many new cases. Topics include giant cell tumor, multiple revision TKA,...
Jan 30, 2015 | Technology, Website
Immediate Past President, Thomas K. Fehring, MD, has called on AAHKS members who are also members of The Hip Society and The Knee Society to serve “on call” for the DocSpera case sharing Web portal. He has assembled 61 volunteers who will be ready to comment on cases...
Jan 9, 2015 | Membership, Technology
AAHKS members can pay dues online by logging in at www.AAHKS.org or by calling (847) 698-1200. More than one-third of our members have renewed their memberships as of this date. AAHKS members are also using a new “websticker” of the AAHKS logo on their websites,...
Feb 17, 2014 | Technology
A Request for Information with input from Michael Bolognesi, MD, Stefano A. Bini, MD, Steven J. Incavo, MD, and William A. Jiranek, MD, was sent to 6 potential partners for an online video journal. This video journal will give users the ability to upload videos that...