Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Orthopaedic Surgery

Julie Balch Samora, MD, PhD, FAOA, FAAOS, Medical Director of Quality, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA Kevin G. Shea, MD, FAOA, FAAOS, Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Concepts of Patient Safety.- QI Principles and Models.- TeamSTEPPS: Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety.- Shifting from Volume to Value.- Quality Improvement: Using Care Pathways in EMR.- Pre-op Optimization Checklists.- Surgical Site Infection Risk Reduction.- Reduction of Wrong Site Surgery.- Learning from Mistakes.- Use of Registries and Prospective Cohorts to Improve Care.- Clinical Practice Guidelines and Appropriate Use Criteria to Guide Care.- Performance Measures.- Interpreting and Implementing Evidence for Quality Research.- Biologics, Implants, and Patient Safety.- Device Industry: Preventing, Identifying and Mitigating Problems.- Variation, Costs and Physician behavior.- Development of Care Maps for Complex Conditions.- Communication Strategies to Minimize Harm and Improve Care in Orthopaedic Surgery.- Integration of Physician Management into Supply Chain optimization.- Organizational Response to Errors.- Using Simulation to Decrease Patient Harm.- Safe and Effective Alleviation of Pain and Optimal Opioid Stewardship.- Diversity and Cultural Competence to enhance Quality and Safety.- Radiation Safety.- Physician and Clinician Well-Being.- Advocacy to promote quality musculoskeletal care.- The Role of the Board in Driving Performance Improvement.- Innovation and Value.- The Modern Orthopaedic Morbidity and Mortality Conference: An Instrument for Education and System-wide Quality Improvement.- Telehealth and Quality Care.- Using Quality Improvement to Enhance Geriatric Fracture Care.- Orthopaedic Surgeons as Managers and Leaders: Developing the Right Culture.