Editors' Choice articles & Announcements from the Orthogate Team.
By Editor-in-Chief A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted that the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib poses no greater risk for heart attack and stroke than ibuprofen or naproxen.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published online in the journal JAMA Surgery suggests that as many as one-third of postoperative readmissions may not reflect issues with surgical quality.
By Editor-in-Chief Data from a study published in the April 18 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery suggest home exercise may offer benefits over formal physical therapy (PT) for patients with a nondisplaced or minimally displaced fracture of the radial head or neck.
By Editor-in-Chief CMS has updated its Medicare Part D opioid prescribing mapping tool—an interactive, web-based visualization resource that presents geographic comparisons of Medicare Part D opioid prescribing rates.
By Editor-in-Chief Findings published in the March issue of the journal JAMA Surgery suggest that implementation of the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was associated with a reduction in readmissions following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and total hip arthroplasty (THA).
By Editor-in-Chief Need that little something extra for your orthopaedic residency program application? We are looking for talented students to help write a peer-reviewed study guide in Sports Medicine for Medical Students.
By Editor-in-Chief Findings published in the April 15 issue of the Journal of the AAOS suggest that routine radiographs rarely affect management of atraumatic shoulder pain, particularly among younger patients. Members of the research team conducted a diagnostic study of 343 patients.
By Editor-in-Chief Medscape has released its 2018 Physician Compensation Report. The report finds the mean compensation for orthopaedic surgeons to be $497,000, second to plastic surgeons at $501,000.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published in the April issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that online physician reviews may often be affected by factors outside the control of the physician. The authors compared Press Ganey patient satisfaction survey (PSS) scores for 98 physicians who had negative online reviews against 82 matched physicians who had no negative online reviews.
By Editor-in-Chief A study published in the April issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety suggests that integrating patient partners into ambulatory care quality improvement (QI) teams may help improve patients’ experience with care.
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