Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Orthopaedic Surgery

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.