Anthony A. Romeo, MD

The delivery of health care today is inundated with buzzwords. Terms, such as value-based care, precision medicine, population health management and risk-based contracting, now reflect something more than their original meanings.

The rate of hospital and health care organization acquisition of medical practices has increased rapidly during the past decade. New ownership models, including private equity management, have increased the number of employed physicians.

The U.S. health care system is in turmoil. Increasing costs, loss of margins, inflation, supply and staff shortages and burnout are among the challenges.

Randomized controlled trials sit atop the research triangle as the best-quality evidence available in medical research. Using the best method to randomly assign patients in a trial is critical to account for sample size and multiple covariables.

This time last year, many physicians looked forward to reclaiming a sense of normalcy in their lives and practices. We started 2022 hoping for a return to a pre-pandemic way of practice. Instead, we found a profession permanently changed.

The COVID-19 pandemic often has been used to explain increasing burnout among health care workers.

Orthopedic surgeons, like any health care service provider, desire appropriate compensation for the work performed. After years of specialized training and education, we offer a unique benefit to health care systems.

The delivery of health care is in turmoil. Uncertainty about how to provide the health care patients desire at an affordable price has led to efforts to disrupt the status quo.

We have had many educators in our professional and personal lives. The most influential ones have become permanent fixtures in all that we do, inspiring our best work and influencing how we live our lives.

The excitement of sports competition has returned. There is a new sport of interest that many did not play as children. This sport fills arenas, has highly paid professional competitors, business support and cultural impact.