Research & Clinical Trials

About Us

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Data-proven, research-based orthopaedic best practices for outstanding patient care.

Our team of clinicians and researchers work closely together on research initiatives to improve the utilization and effectiveness of healthcare delivery and develop new strategies to provide evidence-based quality care. We primarily focus on patient-reported outcomes, which capture the patient’s perspective of the impact of orthopedic-related care on quality of life and ability to function.

Our Research Team

  • John Keggi, MD, Medical Advisor for Total Joints Research
  • Joel Bauman, MD, Medical Advisor for Spine Research
  • Swaroopa Vaidya, MS, Clinical Research Lead
  • Dianne Vye, MSN, RN, ONC, Regional Director of Orthopaedic Quality & Safety
  • Makaila Sinclair, BSN, RN, Regional Orthopaedic Program Manager
  • James Roberts, COI Performance Improvement Specialist
  • Peter Cegelke, Performance Improvement Specialist
  • Jeff Stofko, Data Analyst
  • Geetsingh Sethi, Data Analyst

Current Studies

  • Zynrelef vs Exparel: Evaluation of post-operative patient outcomes after primary total knee arthroplasty
  • Patient outcomes comparing computerized tomography (CT)-based robotic assisted MAKO system for total knee arthroplasty with cemented vs cementless fixation

Current Clinical Trials

  • Baguera C cervical disc trial A Clinical Trial Comparing the BAGUERA C to the Marketed Mobi-C® for the Treatment of Single Level Cervical Disc Disease (NCT04520776)
  • Baguera C cervicaldisc trial A Clinical Trial Comparing the BAGUERA C to the Marketed Mobi-C® for the Treatment of Cervical Disc Disease at 2 Contiguous Levels (NCT04564885)

Recent Presentations & Publications

Journal of Arthroplasty (in press), July 2025

  • Is it fair that Patient-Reported Outcome Measures completion is tied to reimbursement? Patient demographics are associated with rates of PROM completion and potential health disparities (publication)

45th Congress: National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON), May 2025

  • Patient demographics are associated with rates of PROM completion and potential health disparities (poster presentation)
  • Elevating Excellence: A Shared Vision to Enhance Patient Experience in Orthopedic Surgery (poster presentation)

9th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopedic Value-Based Care, April 2025

  • Leveraging online patient engagement platform to enhance patient centric care in orthopaedic surgery (poster presentation)

2025 American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, March 2025 — Poster Presentation

  • Is it fair that PROM completion is tied to reimbursement? Patient demographics are associated with rates of PROM completion and potential health disparities (poster presentation)

Arthroplasty Today, November 2024

  • A Contemporary Analysis of Discharge Disposition Following Total Joint Arthroplasty (publication)

2024 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting, November 2024

  • Patient demographics are associated with rates of PROM completion and potential health disparities (poster presentation)

28th Annual Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Conference, October 2024 — Poster Presentation

  • A Contemporary analysis of preoperative characteristics of total joint arthroplasty patient population (poster presentation)
  • Elevating Excellence: A Shared Vision to Enhance Patient Experience in Orthopedic Surgery (poster presentation)

44th Congress: National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON), May 2024 — Poster Presentation

  • A Contemporary Analysis of Discharge Disposition Following Total Joint Arthroplasty (poster presentation)
  • Online patient engagement platform helps to streamline navigator workflow and improve capture rate of patient reported outcomes after total joint arthroplasty (poster presentation)

Arthroplasty Today, March 2024

  • Cemented versus cementless robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty yield similar short-term clinical outcomes (publication)

2023 American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting, November 2023

  • A Contemporary Analysis of Discharge Disposition Following Total Joint Arthroplasty (publication)

27th Annual Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Conference, October 2023

  • Force Therapeutics online patient engagement platform helps to streamline navigator workflow and improve capture rate of patient reported outcomes after total joint arthroplasty (poster presentation)
  • Orthopaedic navigator-led evaluation of post-operative pain management after total knee arthroplasty at the Hartford HealthCare Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute (poster presentation)

43rd Congress: National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON), May 2023 — Podium Presentation

  • HELP: A new tool to help guide post-operative management after total joint arthroplasty (podium presentation)

7th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Orthopaedic Value-Based Care & the Future of the Musculoskeletal Space, January 2023

  • Leveraging Clinical Care Redesign for Success in Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Bundle Payment Model (poster presentation)
  • HELP: A new tool to help guide post-operative management after total joint arthroplasty (poster presentation)

26th Annual Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice Conference, October 2022

  • HELP: A new tool to help guide post-operative management after Total joint arthroplasty (poster presentation)

2021 Healthcare Analytics Summit (HAS), September 2021

  • Leveraging Clinical Care Redesign for Population Health Success in the CMS Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Bundle Payment Model

The Cureus Journal of Medical Science, May 2021

  • A COVID-19 Pivot Plan to Resume Elective Surgeries at the Hartford Healthcare Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute (manuscript)

International Anesthesia Regional Society (IARS) Annual Meeting, May 2021

  • Multimodal opioid-sparing analgesia for posterior cervical spine fusion using erector spinae plane blocks: A Case Series

41st Congress: National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON), May 2021

  • Pivot Plan to Resume Elective Joint Replacement Surgeries During the COVID-19 Pandemic

74th Post Graduate Assembly in Anesthesiology (PGA), December 2020

  • Lumbar ESP Blocks Significantly Decrease Opioid Needs After Lumbar Spine Surgery