Arthroplasty Today Call for Submissions

Dec 16, 2016 | Publications, Research

Arthroplasty Today is calling for “Arthroplasty in Patients with Rare Conditions” submissions. This section of the AAHKS open-access journal is used to highlight joint replacement in patients with a rare underlying condition – usually one percent or less of...

JBJS Studies PA Job Satisfaction

Nov 4, 2016 | Research

A new study from the JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants (JOPA) finds that 84% of physician assistants (PA) in orthopaedics describe themselves as either very or extremely satisfied with the profession and their jobs, and 86% say they would choose...

Cost-Effectiveness Study Now Open Access

Oct 7, 2016 | Research

The study, “Estimating the Societal Benefits of THA After Accounting for Work Status and Productivity: A Markov Model Approach,” has been published this week as an open-access article in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. Authors include several AAHKS members...

JAMA Study of BPCI

Sep 23, 2016 | In the News, Research

The largest study to date of Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program, “Association Between Hospital Participation in a Medicare Bundled Payment Initiative and Payments and Quality Outcomes for Lower Extremity Joint Replacement Episodes,”...

Scientists Mix Gold with Titanium, Future TJR Use

Aug 26, 2016 | In the News, Research

A study published in the journal Science Advances from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “High hardness in the biocompatible intermetallic compound β-Ti3Au,” shows a new hard material created from titanium and gold could be used for hip and knee...