Presidio Surgery Center Earns Joint Commission Advanced Certification for Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement
The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), part of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Registry Program, is the largest hip and knee registry in the world based on annual procedures submitted. With total joint procedures increasingly migrating to the outpatient space, collecting ambulatory surgery center (ASC) procedure data, via registries like AJRR, informs outpatient practice. The data helps demonstrate that ASCs are viable sites for orthopaedic surgical services. Presidio Surgery Center in San Francisco, a California Pacific Medical Center affiliate, discovered the benefits of AJRR participation early. They submitted their first procedures to the Registry in 2015 and by March 2019, the number of hip and knee arthroplasty procedures had grown to 366.
Presidio Registry Participation Supports Joint Commission Certification
While Presidio’s initial Registry data collection helped with the analysis of their quality performance, additional continuous quality improvement initiatives were supported by The Joint Commission. Already accredited by The Joint Commission, Presidio received their Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Certification in 2016, and was re-certified in 2018. Rob Mayle, MD, Medical Director of the Joint Replacement Program at Presidio Surgery Center, said, “Presidio Surgery Center has been able to demonstrate high-quality performance through registry participation, Joint Commission best practices, and patient-reported outcomes. Our evidence-based approach to patient care is valued by our clinical team, contracting entities, and patients. We chose AJRR as our registry because of the flexibility of the RegistryInsights® platform and the size of the database allowing for meaningful benchmark analysis.”
