Michael Barbella, Managing Editor12.12.22
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and PatientIQ are partnering on the organization's Fracture & Trauma Registry (FTR). The collaboration offers healthcare institutions a turnkey solution for FTR participation, thus reducing barriers to tracking evidence-based practices and advancing the delivery of musculoskeletal care. PatientIQ will integrate its cloud-based platform directly with FTR participants' electronic health record (EHR) to provide a seamless experience that simplifies the ability to collect and submit outcomes data.
"The orthopedic community looks to the AAOS to set the benchmarks for clinical best practices and provide the most innovative resources to unlock evidence-based insights," said Michael J. Gardner, M.D., FAAOS, chair of the AAOS Fracture & Trauma Registry Steering Committee. "By leaning on PatientIQ's expertise to deploy EHR-integrated outcomes programs, we take the power of our clinical registry to a new tier. This new registry offering will improve the often-cumbersome data submission process and gives participants a new option for enrolling."
Creating Unparalleled Registry Program Access
Utilizing FHIR-based APIs and other live integration functionality, PatientIQ will extract and translate critical health information into registry-compliant specifications and submit it on behalf of participating orthopedic surgeons. In doing so, the platform will ease the administrative and technological burden associated with submitting procedural, post operative and patient-reported outcomes. This partnership adds to PatientIQ's fast-growing adoption within orthopedic care, having onboarded more than 1,500 surgeons in the last six months.
"Improving patient care begins with a solid understanding of how clinical procedures translate into patient outcomes," said Matthew Gitelis, CEO, PatientIQ. "We're proud to partner with AAOS to grow the number of sites participating in the FTR and reduce the technical burdens to participating, thereby unlocking the potential for the largest data-sharing network in the world."
Hospital sites, ambulatory service centers or institutions where fracture and trauma-related incidents are treated are invited to participate in the FTR. Enrollment through PatientIQ is encouraged, but optional.
The Fracture & Trauma Registry is the fifth in a series of anatomical, evidence-based registries that are part of the AAOS' Registry Program, each designed to utilize data for making critical clinical and resource-related decisions to improve quality of care for patients. The FTR collects data on five of the more common fractures in the United States, including ankle fracture, distal femur fracture, distal radius fracture, hip fracture, and proximal humerus fracture. The other registries include the American Joint Replacement Registry, the Shoulder & Elbow Registry, the Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry, and the American Spine Registry, a collaborative effort between the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and AAOS.
With more than 38,000 members, AAOS is the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The AAOS provides high quality, comprehensive education to help orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals at every career level best treat patients in their daily practices. AAOS is the source for information on bone and joint conditions, treatments, and related musculoskeletal healthcare issues, and it leads the healthcare discussion on advancing quality.
PatientIQ is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare technology partner for deriving actionable insights from patient outcomes data. The PatientIQ platform empowers hospitals, health systems, private practices, and industry partners to systemically collect and analyze patient-reported outcomes data to improve clinical and operational performance. In addition to outcomes collection and analysis, the platform facilitates collaboration, bringing together data-driven clinicians to accelerate research and push medicine forward.
"The orthopedic community looks to the AAOS to set the benchmarks for clinical best practices and provide the most innovative resources to unlock evidence-based insights," said Michael J. Gardner, M.D., FAAOS, chair of the AAOS Fracture & Trauma Registry Steering Committee. "By leaning on PatientIQ's expertise to deploy EHR-integrated outcomes programs, we take the power of our clinical registry to a new tier. This new registry offering will improve the often-cumbersome data submission process and gives participants a new option for enrolling."
Creating Unparalleled Registry Program Access
Utilizing FHIR-based APIs and other live integration functionality, PatientIQ will extract and translate critical health information into registry-compliant specifications and submit it on behalf of participating orthopedic surgeons. In doing so, the platform will ease the administrative and technological burden associated with submitting procedural, post operative and patient-reported outcomes. This partnership adds to PatientIQ's fast-growing adoption within orthopedic care, having onboarded more than 1,500 surgeons in the last six months.
"Improving patient care begins with a solid understanding of how clinical procedures translate into patient outcomes," said Matthew Gitelis, CEO, PatientIQ. "We're proud to partner with AAOS to grow the number of sites participating in the FTR and reduce the technical burdens to participating, thereby unlocking the potential for the largest data-sharing network in the world."
Hospital sites, ambulatory service centers or institutions where fracture and trauma-related incidents are treated are invited to participate in the FTR. Enrollment through PatientIQ is encouraged, but optional.
The Fracture & Trauma Registry is the fifth in a series of anatomical, evidence-based registries that are part of the AAOS' Registry Program, each designed to utilize data for making critical clinical and resource-related decisions to improve quality of care for patients. The FTR collects data on five of the more common fractures in the United States, including ankle fracture, distal femur fracture, distal radius fracture, hip fracture, and proximal humerus fracture. The other registries include the American Joint Replacement Registry, the Shoulder & Elbow Registry, the Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry, and the American Spine Registry, a collaborative effort between the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and AAOS.
With more than 38,000 members, AAOS is the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The AAOS provides high quality, comprehensive education to help orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals at every career level best treat patients in their daily practices. AAOS is the source for information on bone and joint conditions, treatments, and related musculoskeletal healthcare issues, and it leads the healthcare discussion on advancing quality.
PatientIQ is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare technology partner for deriving actionable insights from patient outcomes data. The PatientIQ platform empowers hospitals, health systems, private practices, and industry partners to systemically collect and analyze patient-reported outcomes data to improve clinical and operational performance. In addition to outcomes collection and analysis, the platform facilitates collaboration, bringing together data-driven clinicians to accelerate research and push medicine forward.