Changes in hospital purchasing methods affect myriad stakeholders who must work together, realistically assessing needs, features, volume and durability related to implants. Decisions simply cannot stand on price alone. Surgeons can work with hospitals and manufacturers to successfully respond to changes in purchasing and procurement. (This will get you charged up for OMTEC 2018!)

For the first time at the AAOS annual meeting, new education specialty tracks are devoted to foot/ankle, shoulder/elbow, hand/wrist and sportsmed. What products were launched last year to serve these growing market segments? Let's recap!

" Look, I know this is heresy. Almost every healthcare CEO is singing from the same song sheet on this one... Volume to Value is just the wrong description of what we want to achieve." --Dr. Mark I. Froimson, President of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and OMTEC 2018 Keynote speaker