The AAOS Registry Program’s data elements are compiled and approved by surgeon-led committees. They adhere to national standards and align with several quality programs tied to reimbursement and recognition for sites and surgeons.
View an overview of the data elements for each Registry below:
- American Joint Replacement Registry Data Elements
- American Spine Registry Data Elements
- Fracture & Trauma Registry (FTR) Data Elements
- Musculoskeletal Tumor Registry Data Elements
- Shoulder & Elbow Registry (SER) Data Elements
After participating sites collect the necessary data elements, they can submit their data through the AAOS RegistryInsights® data upload process, via a secure file transfer protocol, or via a hypertext transfer protocol secure.
Data Submission Best Practices
- Submit data monthly
- Consult with your site’s IT team to set up automated reports
- Monitor data submission uploads and address errors with RegistryInsights
If you are experiencing issues related to submitting data, read our Data Submission FAQs, review the guides in the Tools & Resources section of RegistryInsights, or contact the Registry Support team with the Feedback & Support form on RegistryInsights.
AAOS Registry Program Authorized Vendors
The AAOS Registry Program has agreements with dozens of electronic health record (EHR) and technology vendors to assist with the data submission process. These agreements entail extracting site data or sending data on behalf of sites. Registry Program staff holds routine meetings with our Authorized Vendors to keep them current with data specifications updates. Each vendor must go through an initial validation of Registry specifications.
If your site uses one of the vendors below, data transmission to the Registry Program can be streamlined, helping to reduce your burden of submitting data to multiple places. If you don’t utilize one of the vendors listed below, we will work with you to make the data submission process easy as possible.
If you are a technology vendor who is interested in sending data on behalf of your clients for the Registry Program, please fill out the Technology Vendor Interest Form.
The following vendors have been approved for this program:
*Vendors who may have data extract templates
Decreasing Data Entry Burden with a Participation Option Powered by PatientIQ
Sites that participate in the FTR or the SER can select an automated participation option Powered by PatientIQ. This service reduces the administrative and technological burden traditionally associated with enrollment by integrating directly with participants’ EHR.
Contact the Registry Engagement team to learn more about how this participation option can save staff time at your facility.
Data Security Measures to Ensure Patient Privacy
We are HIPAA and HITECH Compliant
We’re a Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act compliant organization. Some of the data we collect will qualify as protected health information under HIPAA Privacy and Security rules.
The AAOS Registry Program utilizes industry-wide best security practices when it comes to the integrity and safeguarding of our sensitive information:
- We have employed internal risk management practices to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data
- We’ve activated strong authentication measures and strong encryption algorithms that meet industry standard criteria
- We’ve implemented administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect the availability, confidentiality, and integrity of confidential patient information