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Value of Orthopaedics; A Major Focus in Washington

In May, more than 300 orthopaedic surgeons attended the National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. During the conference, attendees took time to recognize the success of the AAOS Project Value initiative, which was started by former AAOS president John R. Tongue, MD. The initiative’s project team set out to quantify the social and economic benefits of musculoskeletal health care.

Four studies have been published as a result of this effort, three of which were published in JBJS:

AAOS also hosts a website to highlight the notion of value in orthopaedics: www.ANationInMotion.org/value.

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