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Specialists, researchers and representatives from both industry and government are part of an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons symposium convening this week in Washington, DC to discuss the role of comparative effectiveness research in U.S. health care. Other sponsors include the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Skin Diseases, Biomet, DePuy and Zimmer.

According to an American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) press release, the Academy hopes the symposium will foster better communication and education among providers and policymakers in the effort to improve diagnosis and treatment outcomes in patients from all demographics.

“The AAOS is pleased to join the Orthopaedic Research Society and other stakeholders to increase awareness of the value of [comparative effectiveness research (CER)] and encourage the collaboration needed to develop the best protocols for our patients,” AAOS president Daniel J. Berry, MD, stated in the release. “Attendees will have a wonderful opportunity to learn from and hold meaningful discussions with some of the best and brightest in the medical community to develop consistent and reliable patient diagnoses and treatments.”

Principal investigators Kristy L. Weber, MD — chair of the AAOS Council on Research and Quality — as well as Mark Helfand, MD, MPH, MS, and James N. Weinstein, DO, MS, will lead the CER symposium.

“CER equips physicians with invaluable information to provide the most optimal patient care,” Weber stated in the release. “The information garnered during this symposium will help the orthopedic community start to answer the necessary questions about which treatments work and which do not work for our patients.”

According to the release, the AAOS considers CER a way to develop high-quality, objective information that improves patient education and shared decision-making. It also, the release added, potentially improves the clinical effectiveness of treatment recommendations from physicians and other health care providers.

Reference:

• www.aaos.org/research/Committee/research/symposia/symp_cer.asp
• www.aaos.org/about/papers/position/1178.asp
• www.aaos.org

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