About KP National Implant Registries
The Kaiser Permanente (KP) National Implant Registries track patient demographics, surgical techniques, implants, and outcomes for KP members nationwide. The Implant Registries are overseen by an interregional committee with representatives from all regions including physicians, quality, research, and the National Product Council. The National Implant registries play a key role in advancing the knowledge about health outcomes associated with implantable products and applying that knowledge for the benefit of patients by:
- Reporting data on the utilization and associated health outcomes of implantable products to physicians, health care professionals and quality personnel to support quality improvement and patient safety initiatives,
- Providing product performance and utilization data to the National Product Council to support the selection, contracting and implementation of implantable medical products, and
- Providing the Interregional New Technology Committee with data to assist in the review and selection of new medical technologies
The National Implant Registries have developed multiple Orthopedic, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic registries and are expanding to other specialties. The Total Joint Replacement Registry is Kaiser Permanente’s first interregional implant registry, the largest population-based registry in the United States, and a 2008 recipient of the KP James A. Vohs Award for Quality.
Mission
The Kaiser Permanente (KP) National Implant Registries’ mission is to
improve the quality of surgical care provided to KP members program-wide, by using integrated data systems and advanced statistical analyses to evaluate and monitor patient outcomes, evaluate and monitor new and existing technologies, and identify and facilitate implementation of clinical best practices.
Registries
Annual Report
- 2008 Annual Report Coming Soon!
Publications
Journal Articles
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- Bini S, Fithian D, Paxton E, Khatod M, Inacio M, Namba R. Does Discharge Disposition After Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty Affect Readmission Rates? J Arth 2009 Jan 14 [Epub ahead of print].
- Khatod M, Inacio M, Paxton E, Bini S, Namba R, Burchette R, Fithian D. Knee Replacement: Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Trends in Southern California: 17,080 Replacements from 1995 through 2004. Acta Ortho. 2008; 79(6), 812-819.
- Csintalan R, Inacio M, Funahashi T. Incidence Rate of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions. The Permanente Journal Summer 2008; 12(3):12-16
- Paxton E, Inacio M, Slipchenko T, Fithian D. The Kaiser Permanente National Total Joint Replacement Registry. The Permanente Journal Summer 2008; 12(3): 17-21.
- Namba R, Inacio M. Early and Late Manipulations Improve Flexion Following Total Knee Replacement. The Journal of Arthroplasty 2007; 22(6 Suppl 2):58-61.
- Khatod M, Barber T, Paxton E, Namba R, Fithian D. An Analysis of the Risk of Hip Dislocation with a Contemporary Total Joint Registry. Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. 2006; 447:19-23.
- Namba R, Paxton E, Fithian D, Stone ML. Obesity and Perioperative Morbidity in Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients. The Journal of Arthroplasty 2005;20(7 Suppl.3):46-50.
- Paxton E, Fithian D. Outcome Instruments for Patellofemoral Arthroplasty. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research 2005;(436):66-70.
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