Implementation of a Comprehensive Orthopaedic Registry System
Tokish, J.M.; Alexander, T.C.
Instructional Course Lectures 65: 593-599
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0065-6895 PMID: 27049225 Document Number: 688988
Advances in information technology have allowed for improvements in the collection and analysis of large-scale outcomes data. These data can be used in the practice of orthopaedics for benchmarking, value analysis, and comparative effectiveness research. The implementation of registries within a busy surgical practice can be challenging, costly, and inefficient. Content, platform, and characteristics are the key elements required to successfully implement a patient-based orthopaedic outcomes data registry. Specific barriers to implementing registries are discussed, and solutions are proposed, to provide an example for optimal integration within clinical practices that may have varying goals.