Mar 13, 2015 | International, Performance Measures
The Total Joint Arthroplasty Outcome Measures Toolkit developed by the Bone and Joint Canada (BJC) is now available on the BJC website. This toolkit enables health care providers to select, apply, score and interpret outcome measures for patients with total joint...
Oct 24, 2014 | Performance Measures
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had designated the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for the collection of medical and/or clinical data for the purpose of patient and disease tracking to foster...
Aug 22, 2014 | Performance Measures
Under the joint leadership of First Vice President Jay Lieberman, MD and Quality Measures Subcommittee Chair David Mauerhan, MD the Hip Arthroplasty Quality Measures Work Group met on Saturday, August 16 in Rosemont. AAHKS formed the Work Group to identify and define...
Jul 25, 2014 | Performance Measures
Evidence-based Medicine Committee Chair, Adolph J. Yates, MD was invited to present a summary of AAHKS activities in the area of measure development at last week’s AAOS Performance Measures Development Summit in Rosemont, Illinois. The summit educated participants on...
