title: Quality, Safety, and Value: The Current AAOS Initiatives.
abstract: The AAOS is committed to helping orthopaedists provide safe, effective, and high-quality care for their patients. There are a number of very active initiatives focused on patient safety, team performance, and evidence-based quality and value including clinical practice guidelines and appropriate use criteria. This article describes those initiatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014481:United States