Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation
Using innovation to get instruments into the surgeons’ hands efficiently and effectively is needed for future success in orthopaedics. As the United States healthcare delivery system trends toward provision of more-cost-effective care by moving from inpatient to ambulatory settings, it is fully expected that within the next five years we will see all musculoskeletal-related procedures and services be removed from the inpatient-only list, with corresponding support of outpatient funding in the outpatient setting when clinically appropriate