AAOS Now, July 2024
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Bringing Sustainability to Orthopaedics: Greening the Individual and the Clinic
2023 was the warmest year on Earth since global records began being tracked in 1850.
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Bringing Sustainability to Orthopaedics: Greening the Future of Orthopaedics and Healthcare
The success of society and the orthopaedic specialty depends on how the planet’s limited resources are managed.
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Greening the OR through Waste Reduction
Knowledge of the environmental and public health impacts associated with current waste-disposal practices is growing.
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Surgeons Acknowledge Feelings of Detachment, Fatigue, and Hope about Waste
In a 2021 study in the Journal of Climate Change and Health, Hsu et al found that over 24 hours, a total of 255 kilograms of waste was produced in a community emergency department (ED).
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Global Shortages in Healthcare Professionals: How Do We Reach Human Resource Sustainability in Our Practices?
The theme of this month’s edition of AAOS Now is environmental sustainability, with several excellent articles to spur individual thought and group discussion on the environmental impact of the decisions we all make in our healthcare systems.
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Soup or Syringes?
Editor’s note: The Final Cut is a recurring editorial series written by a member of the AAOS Now Editorial Board.
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‘An Unrecognized Problem Cannot Be Addressed’: ICL Offers Strategies to Mitigate Workplace Violence
The threat of workplace violence has emerged as a pressing concern in healthcare, demanding collective attention and sparking discourse.
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ICD-10-CM Basics for Orthopaedics
Editor’s note: AAOS partners with KarenZupko & Associates, Inc. (KZA) on the organization’s coding education, and KZA often provides content for AAOS Now. For more information, visit aaos.org/membership/coding-and-reimbursement.
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Infertility: The Hidden Cost of Orthopaedic Training
Editor’s note: This article is a companion piece to “Orthopaedic Surgeon Recounts Her Journey with Infertility,” below.
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Orthopaedic Surgeon Recounts Her Journey with Infertility
Editor’s note: This article is a companion piece to “Infertility: The Hidden Cost of Orthopaedic Training,” above.
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Webinar on Preprocedural Optimization Services Now Available
On April 9, the AAOS Coding, Coverage, & Reimbursement Committee hosted a webinar titled “Preprocedural Optimization Services.”.
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Preparing Our Future Workforce: Residents Offer Perspective on Sustainability in Orthopaedic Surgery
Discussions surrounding climate change and the importance of creating a sustainable future to preserve the health of our patients and communities are becoming commonplace.