Orthopaedic Care

BIDMC provides joint evaluation orthopaedic care for over 400 patients each year. Our services include joint replacement as well as repair. When choosing a hospital, patients in need of orthopaedic care should consider the hospital's experience with the surgery, patient outcomes, patients' experiences with care, and the efficiency of care.

Orthopaedic Care: Performance Summary

Access BIDMC Performance
Q4 FY 11		 FY 11 Goal1
Time to appointment for surgical joint evaluation for new patients
A higher score is better.		 40% 65%
Patient Experience
 BIDMC Performance
Q4 FY 11		 National Database2
Q4 FY 11
Inpatient orthopaedics service
A higher score is better.		 77% 71%
Outpatient clinic
A higher score is better.		 78% 78%
Hip Replacement: Total or Partial BIDMC Performance
 FY 10		 Internal Comparison1
Number of surgeries
A higher score is better. 		262 227

 BIDMC Performance
Q4 FY 11		 Top 10%3
(01/10 - 12/10) 
Surgical Infection Prevention: Timely Administration Antibiotics
A higher score is better.		 100% 100%
Surgical Infection Prevention: Timely Discontinuing Antibiotics
A higher score is better.		 100% 100%
Knee Replacement: Total
 BIDMC Performance
FY 10
 Internal Comparison1
Number of surgeries
A higher score is better.		 279 260

 BIDMC Performance
Q4 FY 11
 Top 10%3
(01/10 - 12/10)
Surgical infection prevention – Administering timely medication
A higher score is better.		 100% 100%
Surgical Infection Prevention: Timely Discontinuing Antibiotics
A higher score is better.		 100% 100%

1 Source of comparison for each measure may vary. It may be drawn from national, regional, or local databases and can include internal goals and/or benchmarks that BIDMC has established. The source of the comparison for this measure is the BIDMC overall ambulatory goal.
2 Source of comparison data: Press Ganey National Database Participants 
3 The source of the comparison for these measures is Hospital Compare (www.HospitalCompare.hhs.gov), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, October, 2011.

For more information about each measure and its benchmark, click on the name of the measure.

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Last updated: January 3, 2012

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