Foundation Projects
- Community outreach projects and education
- Increase public awareness of appropriate and timely MSK care
- Disrupt the traditional gatekeeper model to help ensure appropriate and more timely referrals to orthopaedic surgeons
- Reduce disparities in accessing MSK care – age/social economics/gender/lack of insurance
- Collaboration with Keynote Speakers for its Annual Meeting to improve treatment of orthopaedic conditions
- Support orthopaedic research – collaborating with OREF
- Promote orthopaedics to medical students
- Standardize protocols for MSK procedures
- Help patients with out-of-pocket costs
- Encourage training of ancillary personnel to assist in orthopaedic offices – PA/NP/AT
- Work with existing associations/foundations promoting MSK well-being
