Last year, over half of America’s injuries were musculoskeletal –- 28.6 million people, in fact.

Regulations requiring orthopaedic surgeons to document the outcomes of their medical care and surgical interventions are becoming more and more common. And expensive.

Enter PhDx. On July 19, 2001, PhDx launched the Orthopedic Application, a program designed to relieve physicians the headache of data management and documentation. Orthopedic surgeons now have a comprehensive software package for measuring musculoskeletal patient outcomes. The PhDx® Orthopaedic application consists of five modules:

• Arthroscopy
• Hip Arthroscopy
• Knee Arthroscopy
• Shoulder Arthroscopy
• Orthopaedic Trauma

Whether independent of each other or in harmony, reports for each module are available to measure patient and program outcomes in four areas: clinical, patient health status, patient satisfaction, and cost drivers. All information is stored in a single database repository, convenient for all stakeholders.

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The arthroscopy module is one of five in the PhDx® Orthopaedic application. It includes all the basic tools clinicians need to track outcomes on upper and lower joint arthroscopic procedures. Designed with a physician’s needs in mind, the arthroscopy module tracks patient, clinical, functional status, patient satisfaction, return to work, and home program compliance data sets.

The following are survey instruments included in the module:

• Joint Conditions Patient Information: Includes demographics data and information regarding pain measurement, medical and work history.
• Joint Conditions Initial Clinical Assessment: Includes questions regarding the clinical condition and medical history of the patient.
• Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH): Asks numerous questions in the areas of pain, stiffness and physical function of patients with a diagnosis of any/or multiple disorders of the upper extremity. The DASH is an outcome measurement tool that compares the impact of upper extremity disorders among individuals or groups; and evaluates or assesses changes related to the effect of treatment intervention(s).
• Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS): Measures patient activity levels involving the lower limb including the hip, pelvis, knee, and ankle.
• Arthroscopy Surgical Summary: Asks questions pertinent to the surgery, such as surgical procedures performed, cost driver information and patient recovery.
• Arthroscopy Follow-Up Clinical Assessment: Collects information on the patient's clinical condition, including any post-operative complications and implant component position and alignment (if applicable) at the time of visit.
• Patient Satisfaction with Services: Asks about patient satisfaction with the care received at the facility where the surgery was performed.
• Patient Satisfaction with Results: Collects information regarding the patient's satisfaction with results of the surgery, the patient's pain, and return to work information.

The hip arthroplasty module is one of five modules in the PhDx® Orthopaedic application. It includes the tools necessary for clinicians to track and report outcomes on hip arthroplasty procedures. Designed with a physician’s needs in mind, the hip arthroplasty module tracks patient, clinical, functional status, patient satisfaction, return to work, and home program compliance data sets.

The following are survey instruments included in the module:

• Patient Information: Patient demographic information, baseline pain measurement and pain intensity values.
• Initial Clinical Assessment: Questions regarding the clinical condition-range of motion, weight bearing status, neuropathies, pain medication, and medical history of the patient.
• SF12v2™: A survey to measure eight categories of physical and emotional health, which indicate the impact poor health and pain have on physical and social activities.
• Harris Hip Score: Rates the hip in the areas of pain, function, absence of deformity, and range of motion.
• Surgical Summary: Collects data regarding the surgical procedure performed and the cost driver information. Also includes prosthesis information and radiographic report on implant.
• Follow-up Clinical Assessment: Collects information of the patient’s clinical condition, including rage of motion, weight bearing status, neuropathies, pain medications, any post-op complications, and implant component position and alignment at the time of visit.
• Patient Satisfaction: Reports patient satisfaction with the care received at the facility where the surgery was performed.
• Patient Satisfaction with Results: Collects information regarding the patient’s satisfaction with results of the surgery, the patient pain, intensity data, and return to work information.

The knee arthroplasty module is one of five modules in the PhDx® Orthopaedic software. It includes all tools necessary for clinicians to track and report outcomes on knee arthroplasty procedures. Designed with a physician’s needs in mind, the knee arthroplasty module tracks patient, clinical, functional status, patient satisfaction, return to work, and home program compliance data sets.

The following are survey instruments included in the module:

• Patient Information: Patient demographic information and baseline pain measurement and pain intensity values.
• Initial Clinical Assessment: Questions regarding the clinical condition-range of motion, weight bearing status, neuropathies, pain medication and medical history of the patient.
• SF12v2TM: The survey measures eight categories of physical and emotional health, which indicates the impact poor health and pain have on physical and social activities.
• Knee Society Clinical Rating Scale: Combines ratings in the areas of pain, function (gait and functional activities), walking support and range of motion into Knee and Function Scores.
• Knee Arthroplasty Surgical Summary: Collects data regarding the surgical procedure performed and cost driver information. Also includes prosthesis information and radiographic report on implant.
• Follow-Up Clinical Assessment: Collects information on the patient's clinical condition such as range of motion, weight bearing status, neuropathies, pain medications, any post-operative complications, and implant component position and alignment (if applicable) at the time of visit.
• Patient Satisfaction with Services: Asks about patient satisfaction with the care received at the facility where the surgery was performed.
• Patient Satisfaction with Results: Collects information regarding the patient's satisfaction with results of the surgery, the patient's pain, intensity data, and return to work information.

The shoulder arthroplasty module is one of five in the PhDx® Orthopaedic application. It includes the tools necessary for clinicians to track and report outcomes on shoulder arthroplasty procedures. Designed with a physician’s needs in mind, the shoulder arthroplasty module tracks patient, clinical, functional status, patient satisfaction, return to work, and home program compliance data sets.

The following are survey instruments included in the module:

• Arthroplasty Patient Information: Patient demographic information, and baseline pain measurement and pain intensity values.
• Arthroplasty Initial Clinical Assessment: Questions regarding the clinical condition-range of motion, weight bearing status, neuropathies, pain medication and medical history of the patient.
• SF36v2TM: The survey measures eight categories of physical and emotional health, which indicates the impact poor health and pain have on physical and social activities.
• Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH): Asks numerous questions in the areas of pain, stiffness and physical function of patients with a diagnosis of any/or multiple disorders of the upper extremity. The DASH is an outcome measurement tool that compares the impact of upper extremity disorders among individuals or groups; and evaluates or assesses changes related to the effect of treatment intervention(s).
• Shoulder Arthroplasty Surgical Summary: Collects data regarding the surgical procedure performed and cost driver information. Also includes prosthesis information and radiographic report on implant.
• Arthroplasty Follow-Up Clinical Assessment: Collects information on the patient's clinical condition such as range of motion, weight bearing status, neuropathies, pain medications, any post-operative complications, and implant component position and alignment (if applicable) at the time of visit.
• Patient Satisfaction with Services: Asks about patient satisfaction with the care received at the facility where the surgery was performed.
• Arthroplasty Patient Satisfaction with Results: Collects information regarding the patient's satisfaction with results of the surgery, the patient's pain, intensity data, and return to work information.