Arthritis
Care
Arthritis
Care is the UK's largest voluntary organisation working with and for people with
arthritis.
Australian
Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry (AOANJRR)
The Australian Orthopaedic Association commenced implementation of the National
Joint Replacement Registry in 1999. It was undertaken in a staged manner beginning
in South Australia and then progressing through each state and territory until
completion nationally during 2002.
Canadian
Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR)
The
Canadian Joint Replacement Registry (CJRR) captures information on hip and knee
joint replacements performed in Canada and follows joint replacement patients
over time to monitor their revision rates and outcomes.
The Musculoskeletal (MSk) Audit
The Musculoskeletal (MSk) Audit began in April 2009 and will provide data to complement the work of various hospital time-to-treatment teams by identifying rate-limiting steps for orthopaedic treatment.
The audit resources have been transferred from the previous successful Scottish Hip Fracture Audit (SHFA) which completed data collection at the end of 2008, providing us with experienced Local Audit Co-ordinators throughout Scotland.
National
Joint Registry for England and Wales
These pages are intended for patients and members of the public who
want to find out more about the National Joint Registry (NJR).
New
Zealand National Joint Register
The
National Joint Register was established by the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association,
so that technical information about hip and knee surgery could be accurately recorded.
Health Improvement Scotland
The role of Health Improvement
Scotland (HIS) is to improve the quality of healthcare across Scotland.
Norwegian
Arthroplasty Register
The
Norwegian Arthroplasty Register was started in 1987 on an initiative from the
Norwegian Orthopaedic Association.
Scottish
Audit of Surgical Mortality (SASM)
The Scottish Audit
of Surgical Mortality (SASM) is unique in the United Kingdom. It identifies all
deaths that occur in hospital under the care of a surgeon, whether an operation
has taken place or not.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
(SIGN guideline 62 - Prophylaxis
of Venous Thromboembolism)
SMR
data completeness
In order to make sensible use of the national
SMR databases for areas such as clinical governance, performance management and
outcome measurement it is necessary to take a view on the completeness of each
database at regular intervals.
Swedish
Knee Arthroplasty Register (SKAR)
The Swedish Knee Arthroplasty
Register.
The Swedish
Hip Arthroplasty Register
The Swedish Hip
Arthroplasty Register is a nation-wide study collecting and analyzing data about
all primary total hip replacements and reoperations/revisions of hip implants
performed in Sweden since 1979.
Useful Patient Information
Useful patient information
on total joint replacement from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
DISCLAIMER: Please note that SAP is in no way responsible for these sites and cannot guarantee the accuracy or currency of any of the material you may find there