Live Date:
November 15, 2022
7:15 PM CST
Movement is Life—Optimizing Patient Access to Total Joint Arthroplasty Collection Movement is Life is a non-profit multi-stakeholder coalition dedicated to promoting health equity and eliminating musculoskeletal healthcare disparities. To address the relationship between preoperative optimization for total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and healthcare disparities, Movement is Life has coordinated with the JAAOS Editorial Board and more than a dozen orthopaedic surgeons to prepare a series of articles focusing on specific elements of optimization which may affect access to TJA. After an introduction on the relationship between preoperative optimization and healthcare disparities, the Movement is Life—Optimizing Patient Access to Total Joint Arthroplasty Collection addresses twelve healthcare disparities related to the following underlying conditions:
- Malnutrition
- HIV and Hepatitis C
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Mental Health
- Obesity
- Dental Health
- Smoking Cessation
- Anemia and Sickle Cell Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cardiovascular Health
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse
- Housing Security and Discharge Planning
Learning Objectives
- Where are we now? Review the literature to understand the current state of arthroplasty health equity metrics.
- Access to care: Learn how the preoperative optimization process can negatively impact vulnerable communities.
- Reversing the trend: Learn how to improve the optimization pathway and discuss how to measure success.
You can find the whole collection here: https://journals.lww.com/jaaos/Pages/collectiondetails.aspx?TopicalCollectionId=8, or in the 2022 November 1 and 15 issues of JAAOS Daniel H. Wiznia, MD, FAAOS, Mary I. O'Connor,MD, FAAOS, and Henry D. Clarke, MD, FAAOS, guest editors
