1. To improve care

• 1. Real-time pain & function + scored & trended + compared to national benchmark = improves shared decision making between patient and surgeon during the clinical visit.
  2. Expanding web-based, direct-to-patient informatics: provides individualized patient care plans (ie OA Care Plan=ASK) to support treatment discussion between patients and clinicians.
  3. Patient-centered phone app that captures daily patient knee and hip arthritis symptoms, as well as standardized PROMs.
  
  

  2. To support collection and reporting

• FORCE-TJR merges patient-generated data with administrative and clinical data to serve clinical and policy evaluations of devices, surgical practice, and timing and use of orthopedic interventions. FORCE-TJR supports hospitals with their mandated reports (risk-adjusted national comparative reports for patient reported outcomes and 30-day readmissions) to improve post-discharge surveillance.  

  3. To serve as a model of learning healthcare system

  1. FORCE-TJR was highlighted in a paper as an example of implementation of learning healthcare system. Lessons learned (methods*, experience, knowledge) are implemented into existing healthcare systems to improve care.
     (*i.e., methods for patient enrollment, reporting, and benchmarking system)
  2. FORCE-TJR was involved in defining an international outcome measure for total joint replacement.
  3. FORCE-TJR helped develop the framework for implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs).

• 4. To create opportunities for research

  see ancillary projects here.