Collaboration to improve quality of total hip and total knee replacement programs

摘要

Participation in a new collaboration between The Joint Commission and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)—the world’s largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists—may prove advantageous for orthopaedic surgeons and their patients. Through this partnership, AAOS clinical experts inform Joint Commission standards and performance measurement processes applied through The Joint Commission’s Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement (THKR) Certification program for hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). The purpose of this new venture is to enhance the quality of care for the increasing number of patients undergoing hip and knee replacement operations.