DEPUY SYNTHES LAUNCHES “PATIENT ATHLETE” PROGRAM (Orthopedics This Week)
"Patient Athlete" website
Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes Companies and the Human Performance Institute have developed the Patient Athlete program. The program, according to the company, is part of a J&J wellness platform that focuses on prevention, behavioral health and chronic disease support.
Alex Gorsky, J&J’s chairman and CEO, announced the initiative on February 26, 2015 in Orlando at the Lake Nona Impact Forum. Gorsky said, “Our focus is on driving innovation and progressing platforms and opportunities that will improve patient outcomes, control rising health care costs and enhance the patient experience.”
The Patient Athlete program, according to the company, “helps joint replacement patients take their experience beyond pain reduction to learning how to bring their full and best energy to the people and things that matter most in their lives—both before and after their surgery.”
“The positive outcomes reported by both joint replacement surgeons and patients who used the program have reinforced our belief that the key to sustained behavior change requires alignment to an individual’s purp...
