The US Total Joint Registry is growing rapidly as it gains new certification

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FORCE-TJR Certified as Qualified Clinical Data Registry (Orthopedics This Week)
 
FORCE-TJR Registry website
Since 2010 the details of 30,000 total joint patients have been tracked by FORCE-TJR (Function and Outcomes Research for Comparative Effectiveness in Total Joint Replacement). Now, FORCE-TJR has been certified as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR).
As part of this certification, says the June 4, 2015 news release, FORCE-TJR has developed new measures that are not related to The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). These include:

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