Shedding Light on Patient Financial Distress After Lower-Extremity Injury
Lower-extremity injuries can have serious and wide-ranging impact on patients’ lives. What hasn’t been fully understood, note O’Hara et al. …
Sex and Gender Research in Orthopaedics: Complete Symposium Series Now Available
One year ago, JBJS organized the Sex and Gender Reporting in Musculoskeletal Research Symposium (SGS). The meeting provided an opportunity …
Global Warming and Orthopaedics: What Is Our Role?
JBJS Deputy Editor for Social Media Dr. Matt Schmitz highlights a new study that estimates the carbon footprint associated with …
The U.S. Biomedical Research Enterprise: Current Threats and Need for Action
Research is the foundation of countless achievements in science and medicine—and the shared calling of many in the orthopaedic community …
How Are We Actually Doing? Best Practices for Recruitment of a Diverse Workforce
This guest post is from Artina Dawkins, PhD, MPA, C-TAGME, and Holly Pilson, MD. Dr. Dawkins is the Co-Director of …
The Reporting of Sex and Gender in Musculoskeletal Research: New Joint Editorial
In November 2023, leaders of the editorial boards of 6 orthopaedic journals, leaders of funding agencies, and officials from the …
JBJS Clinical Summaries: New Summaries Available
The JBJS Clinical Summaries collection continues to expand. The summaries are a useful tool for musculoskeletal clinicians, offering synopses of …
Communication Is Key: What Are the Preferences of PCPs?
When and how would primary care physicians (PCPs) like to hear from orthopaedic surgeons regarding mutual patients? JBJS Deputy Editor …
Ethics in Practice: New Articles at JBJS.org
What happens when a patient declines care but may not have the capacity to provide consent? What defines informed consent? …