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November #JHSJC Transcript

For our November discussion, we took a look at the both "Out-of-Pocket and Total Costs for Common Hand Procedures From 2008 to 2016: A Nationwide Claims Database Analysis" (https://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023(22)00385-9/fulltext) and "Impact of an Electronic Health Record Pain Medication Prescribing Tool on Opioid Prescriptions for Postoperative Pain in Hand, Orthopedic, Plastic, and Spine Surgery Across a Health Care System" (https://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023(22)00466-X/fulltext), both…
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March #JHSJC Transcript

We had a great discussion this month about two articles from the March issue (Volume 46, Issue 3) of The Journal of Hand Surgery: Impact of Insurance Type on Self-Reported Symptom Severity at the Preoperative Visit for Carpal Tunnel Release and Variation in Use of Electrodiagnostic Testing: Analysis From the Michigan Collaborative Hand Initiative for Quality in Surgery. Thank you…
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November #JHSJC Transcript

Thank you to everyone who participated in the November #JHSJC discussion! We send a special thank you to our Guest Hosts, Charles A. Goldfarb, MD (@Congenitalhand) and Christopher J. Dy, MD, MPH, FACS (@ChrisDyMD)! We looked at two articles from Volume 45, Issue 11 of The Journal of Hand Surgery: Distal Biceps Tendon Rupture Surgery: Changing Incidence in Finnish and…
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October #JHSJC Transcript

We had a great turnout for our October discussion! Thank you to everyone who participated. We looked at two articles from Volume 45, Issue 10 of The Journal of Hand Surgery: The Influence of Cost Information on Treatment Choice: A Mixed-Methods Study and Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis: Prognostic Indicators and Timing of Further Intervention Following Corticosteroid Injection. Feel free to continue…
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