OrthoArizona partners with OBERD for Outcomes Data Collection

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Jul 26, 2017, 15:09 ET

PHOENIX, July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix, AZ-based OrthoArizona has chosen to partner with Universal Research Solutions (a.k.a.OBERD) to electronically collect unified patient health outcomes, satisfaction and education data. Through this partnership, OrthoArizona will have access to OBERD's Musculoskeletal and Quality of Life Registries to compare outcomes across nationwide data sets with the goal of providing evidence-based care and improving patient outcomes.

OrthoArizona's commitment to providing the highest quality of orthopaedic care aligns well with OBERD's expertise in musculoskeletal outcomes data collection. OBERD's Registries provide large data sets for benchmarking, research, and quality improvement initiatives. Additionally, OBERD's ability to collect outcomes, satisfaction and patient education data on a unified, integrated platform will enable OrthoArizona to glean insights and drive efficiencies in clinic.

"We serve a large patient population and OBERD's ability to integrate with our systems and automate data collection provides tremendous value to our staff and practice," said John Kinna, CEO of OrthoArizona. "We are committed to getting our patients back to active life as quickly and as safely as possible. OBERD data collection and Registries will give us access to actionable data that can offer insights and best practices to help us provide more effective care to our patients."

OrthoArizona will use OBERD to achieve the following institutional goals:

Improve outcomes and the overall patient experience by leveraging data for evidence-based care
Collect and report MIPS quality data to CMS
Collect a unified data set including outcomes and patient satisfaction data
Glean insight from outcomes data to reduce cost and enhance quality and efficiency of care

"We're thrilled to work with OrthoArizona," said Ali Hussam, PhD, OBERD Founder and CEO. "We're excited to demonstrate the value of their outcomes data, especially when that data is viewed in the context of the world's largest orthopaedic outcomes database. They can benchmark against other OBERD clients and against aggregate outcomes data from thousands of physicians nationwide."

About OrthoArizona
OrthoArizona has 65 premier musculoskeletal specialists. The orthopedic surgeons and primary care physicians specialize in all areas of orthopedic care including sports medicine, spine, shoulder and elbow, hand and wrist, hip and knee, foot and ankle, podiatry, pediatrics, trauma, industrial injuries and workers' compensation. OrthoArizona has more than 30 offices throughout the Valley, each focus on quality care, compassion and exceptional customer service. OrthoArizona.org.

About Universal Research Solutions (OBERD)
Universal Research Solutions (a.k.a. OBERD) owns, develops, implements and supports the OBERD (Outcomes Based Electronic Research Database) system. OBERD optimizes the data collection necessary to empower evidence-based medical practice, improve the quality and efficacy of care and advance clinical decision-making and patient understanding. OBERD has been collecting patient outcomes data in orthopaedics for over 7 years, with over 10 million scored forms from over 2 million patients in its database. It includes a QCDR, with CMS-approved measures specific to orthopaedics. For more information, visit www.oberd.com or follow the company on Twitter @oberdnews.

SOURCE OBERD