The VOICES Health Policy Research Center is a collaboration within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, that includes surgeons from all specialties of orthopaedic surgery. This multi-disciplinary collaboration allows for research questions that affect all specialties and results that address health policy for our entire specialty.

Example publications from our collaboration:

Schultz BJ, Tanner N, Shapiro LM, Segovia NA, Kamal RN, Bishop JA, Gardner MJ. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs): Influence of Motor Tasks and Psychosocial Factors on FAAM Scores in Foot and Ankle Trauma Patients. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2020 Mar 12

Ziino C, Mertz K, Hu S, Kamal RN. Decompression With or Without Fusion for Lumbar Stenosis: A Cost Minimization Analysis. Spine. 2020 Mar 1.

Alokozai A, Lindsay SE, Eppler SL, Fox PM, Ladd AL, Kamal RN. Patient Willingness to Pay for Faster Return to Work of Smaller Incisions. Hand (N Y). 2019 Dec 2

Lindsay SE, Alokozai A, Eppler SL, Fox, P; Curtin C, Gardner M, Avedian R, Palanca A, Abrams G, Cheng I, Kamal RN. Patient Preferences for Shared Decision Making-Not All Decisions Should Be Shared. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Sept 25. 

Mertz K, Eppler SL, Thomas K, Alokozai A, Yao J, Amanatullah DF, Chou L, Wood KB, Safran M, Steffner R, Gardner M, Kamal RN. The Association of Financial Distress With Disability in Orthopaedic Surgery. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2019 Jun 1. 

Mertz K, Eppler S, Yao J, Amanatullah DF, Chou L, Wood KM, Safran M, Steffner R, Gardner M, Kamal RN. Patient Perceptions Correlate Weakly with Observed Patient Involvement in Decision-making in Orthopaedic Surgery. Clin Orthop Related Res. 2018 Sept. 

DeBaun MR, Chen MJ, Bishop JA, Gardner MJ, Kamal RN. Orthopaedic Trauma Quality Measures for Value Based Healthcare Delivery: A Systematic Review. J Orthop Trauma. 2019 Jan 7.

Xiong G, Bennett CG, Chou L, Kamal RN. Quality Measures in Foot and Ankle Care. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 Oct 15.

Amanatullah DF, McQuillan T, Kamal RN. Quality Measures in Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 Oct 9.

Bennett C, Xiong G, Hu S, Wood K, Kamal RN. What is the State of Quality Measurement in Spine Surgery? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2018 Apr.