New York Society For The Relief Of Ruptured & Crippled Maintaining

PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY PATIENT CARE, IMPROVE MOBILITY, & ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL, & ADVANCE THE SCIENCE OF ORTHOPEDIC SURG, RHEUMATOLOGY, & THEIR RELATED DISCIPLINES.

PATIENT CARE: HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING WORLD-CLASS CARE TO ITS PATIENTS AND HELPING THEM TO REGAIN THEIR MOBILITY, WHILE ALSO ADVANCING RESEARCH INITIATIVES TO EXPLORE AND IMPROVE TREATMENTS FOR ORTHOPEDIC AND RHEUMATOLOGIC CONDITIONS. HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY OPERATED 205 STAFFED BEDS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND DECEMBER 31, 2020; AND 39 OPERATING ROOMS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND DECEMBER 31, 2020. WE PERFORMED 27,595 SURGERIES, A INCREASE OF 4,201 OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, WHILE NON-SURGICAL OUTPATIENT VISITS NUMBERED 547,472, 113,323 MORE THAN 2020. HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY PROVIDED INPATIENT CARE TO 12,534 PATIENTS, 2 LESS THAN 2020. OF THOSE IN 2021, 12,284 WERE SURGICAL. TOTAL AMBULATORY SURGICAL CASES NUMBERED 15,313, A INCREASE OF 4,023 FROM 2020. THE HOSPITAL HAS A DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATION SERVING THOSE WITH PUBLIC INSURANCE (MEDICARE AND MEDICAID), PRIVATE INSURANCE (VARIOUS PAYORS) AND THE UNINSURED. THE HOSPITAL MAINTAINS A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO ASSIST THOSE THAT CANNOT PAY FOR ITS SERVICES AND PROVIDES NUMEROUS OTHER COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS. HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS A MAGNET HOSPITAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NURSING CARE. THE HOSPITAL IS RECOGNIZED FOR ITS EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE AND IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED BY U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT IN ITS SPECIALTIES.

RESEARCH: THE RESEARCH DIVISION OF HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY CONTINUED ITS ACTIVITIES IN 2021 TOWARD ENHANCING AND EXPANDING OUR RESEARCH IN MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES. RESEARCH AT HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY WORKS TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS THROUGH BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THE GOALS ARE TO IDENTIFY GENETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, CELLULAR, STRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING DISORDERS IMPORTANT IN ORTHOPEDICS, RHEUMATOLOGY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES AND TO DISCOVER EFFECTIVE APPROACHES FOR DIAGNOSIS PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT OF THESE DISORDERS. HSS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (HSSRI) COMPOSED OF BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENTISTS HAS CREATED PROGRAMMATIC AREAS THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO MAKE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH. THE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS IN THE HSSRI ADDRESS ORTHOPEDIC AND RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS AND INCLUDE (1) BONE HEALTH AND OSSEOINTEGRATION (2) INFLAMMATION AND ARTHRITIS (3) AUTOIMMUNE RHEUMATIC DISEASES AND (4) JOINT PRESERVATION. THESE PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY AN ENABLING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A GENOMICS CENTER, PRECISION MEDICINE LABORATORY, AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY. HSSRI HAS ACTIVE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE BIOMECHANICS DEPARTMENT, MANY CLINICAL DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING ORTHOPEDIC SERVICES, RHEUMATOLOGY/MEDICINE, AND IMAGING(RADIOLOGY), AND IS EXPANDING COLLABORATIONS WITH PHYSIATRY, ANESTHESIA AND NEUROLOGY. COMBINING HSSRI EXPERTISE WITH THE VOLUME, BREADTH, AND DEPTH OF PATIENTS SEEN AT HSS TO DEVELOP UNPARALLELED CLINICAL RESEARCH AND POPULATIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES PROGRAMS, HAS FURTHER THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY OF OUR INSTITUTION. AS A RESULT OF STRONG INTRA - AND INTER - PROGRAMMATIC INTERACTIONS, AND THE USE OF SHARED CORE RESOURCES, OUR PORTFOLIO OF INNOVATIVE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT HAS EXPANDED EXPONENTIALLY. TO PROVIDE THE FINAL COMPONENT NEEDED TO ACHIEVE BENCH-TO BEDSIDE RESEARCH, THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, IN COLLABORATION WITH CLINICIAN RESEARCHERS HAS CREATED A DISTINGUISHED CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAM. IN 2021, THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE WAS FUNDED BY AN OPERATING BUDGET OF $48 MILLION, SUPPORTED IN PART BY APPROXIMATELY $39 MILLION IN EXTRAMURAL FUNDS, INCLUDING $10 MILLION FROM FEDERAL GRANTS. THIS RESEARCH RESULTED IN OVER 1,300 PUBLICATIONS AMONG 215 RESEARCHERS IN 2021. HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2021 INCLUDE: CONTINUED ADVANCEMENT OF HSS'S RESEARCH MISSION BY: 1) SUPPORTING AND RETAINING OUR MOST PRODUCTIVE FACULTY, 2) MENTORING THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, 3) EXPANDING OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH CLINICIANS AND RECRUITMENT OF FULL TIME CLINICAL RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, 4) SUPPORTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO ADVANCE OUR RESEARCH AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE, AND 5) SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE, COVID RELATED RESEARCH AND LABORATORY STUDIES IN AREAS SUCH AS BONE AND IMPLANT INTEGRATION, SPINE DISC DEVELOPMENT, PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION, TENDON AND LIGAMENT REPAIR, BIOLOGICS AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES (I.E. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS, LUPUS), REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, AND SINGLE CELL SEQUENCING. REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, AND SINGLE CELL SEQUENCING.

EDUCATION INSTITUTE: HSS EDUCATION INSTITUTE "EI" CONTINUED TO MAKE STRIDES TOWARDS THE MISSION TO BE "THE MOST TRUSTED EDUCATOR" IN THE FIELD OF MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH FOR PATIENTS, PHYSICIANS, ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IN 2021 WE STRENGTHENED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR 23 EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS, AS WELL AS FURTHERING EXTERNAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS GLOBALLY, ENGAGING 32 PARTNER COUNTRIES. THE INSTITUTE TRAINED 47 RESIDENTS, 71 FELLOWS, AND 106 MEDICAL STUDENTS AND TRAINEES WHO SPEND PART OF THE YEAR AT HSS. FOR OTHER TRAINEES, THERE WERE 291 IN-ROTATORS AND 216 CONSULTS. IN ADDITION, HSS' RESIDENCY PROGRAM HAS BEEN TOP RANKED FOR SIX YEARS BY PHYSICIAN NETWORK DOXIMITY IN BOTH REPUTATION AND RESEARCH OUTPUT. IN 2021, WE ENGAGED 6.6 MILLION PEOPLE THROUGH CUTTING EDGE LIVE AND DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING OUR HSS E-ACADEMY (THE HOSPITAL'S ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM FOR PROFESSIONALS), ACGME PROGRAMS, CME ACCREDITED ACTIVITIES, BIOSKILLS EDUCATION LABORATORY SESSIONS, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES, KIM BARRETT MEMORIAL MEDICAL LIBRARY USERS, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMS. EI ALSO HOSTED 45 ACADEMIC VISITORS AND CREDENTIALED NEARLY 1,450 PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. WE CONTINUE TO SET THE HIGHEST STANDARD WITH OUR ACCME ACCREDITED AND NON-ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. IN 2021, THE EDUCATION INSTITUTE THROUGH ITS CONTINUING EDUCATION AND GLOBAL ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING HSS E-ACADEMY DELIVERED MORE THAN 1,800 EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ONSITE COURSES, GRAND ROUNDS, INTERNET LIVE COURSES, INTERNET ENDURING MATERIAL AND JOURNAL-BASED CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES RESULTING IN OVER 274,000 LEARNER INTERACTIONS WITH A DIVERSITY OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND TEAMS.