Hoag Orthopedic Institute Joins World Health Leaders in London to Drive Implementation of International Standards for Orthopedic Outcomes Measurement

    IRVINE, CA, July 15, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI), one of the largest providers of orthopedic care in the nation, recently attended The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) value-based health care conference in London as a sponsoring partner, to present the international standard set for the measurement of hip and knee osteoarthritis outcomes that matter most to patients.

The hospital, represented by Dr. James Caillouette and Dr. Nader Nassif, was part of an international panel that meticulously crafted an orthopedic standard set of key metrics which were yielded after countless hours of collaboration between patient advocates and nearly two dozen physicians from all over the world.

"More than 25 million adults suffer from osteoarthritis in the U.S. alone, and this truly unique, international and patient-empowering collaboration has yielded a standardized means for clinicians worldwide to ensure that our version of success is fully aligned with our patients' version," said Dr. Caillouette, Chief Strategy Officer of Hoag Orthopedic Institute. "We strongly believe that this will emerge as the future of outcomes reporting and measurement and we are honored to have played an integral part in its design."

The 2016 ICHOM conference was the fourth, the largest and the most diversely represented, with clinical specialists from across the world presenting their findings and recommendations for further refining value-based health care through outcomes measurement.

"Patient reported outcomes are critical to moving us toward our goal of providing the highest quality care possible for our patients," said Dr. Nader Nassif, Hoag Orthopedic surgeon and co-author of the ICHOM osteoarthritis standards. "Everything we do is constructed around the goal of getting our patients back to their lives as quickly and pain-free as possible."

Hoag Orthopedic Institute has been a Sponsoring Partner of ICHOM for several years and is intimately involved in the development of orthopedic standards of care. For more information, please visit: http://www.ichom.org.

About Hoag Orthopedic Institute
Hoag Orthopedic Institute (HOI) is located in Orange County, California. It consists of a 70-bed hospital located in Irvine and two ambulatory surgery centers: Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach and Main Street Specialty Surgery Center in Orange. HOI has more than 300 physicians on staff, including over 80 orthopedic specialists. Achievements in patient safety and satisfaction, and growth initiatives have propelled HOI to become the highest volume provider of joint replacements in California. The physicians collaborate on more than 10,000 orthopedic procedures annually. HOI ranks in the 98th percentile for willingness to recommend the hospital and in the 97th percentile for overall hospital rating according to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS). HOI focuses in the treatments of the knee, hip and spine disorders, and takes pride in specialty care related to sports medicine, orthopedic trauma and extremities care. Since opening in 2010, HOI's hospital has been named by U.S. News & World Report and Becker's Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management Review as one of the top orthopedic hospitals in the nation. For more information, visit: http://www.orthopedichospital.com.

About ICHOM
ICHOM was founded in 2012 with a bold ambition: to unlock the potential of value-based health care by enabling the systematic measurement of health outcomes, the results of care that matter most to patients. ICHOM believes that by restructuring care-delivery around outcomes, and promoting superior outcomes with financial incentives, health care systems will improve quality and curb inefficiencies. This will benefit every stakeholder across the health care spectrum. For more information, visit: http://www.ichom.org.

CONTACT:
James Chisum
MGA for Hoag Orthopedic Institute
(562) 493-6023
[email protected]
James Cailloeutte, MD
Hoag Orthopedic Institute
(949) 727-5000

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