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The Surgical Outcomes Research Center is a multidisciplinary group committed to improving patient outcomes and applying high-quality and purposeful research to professional practice. The organization values collegial interaction and strong scientific principles.
Mission: We are dedicated to improving patient safety and outcomes through furthering knowledge and increasing the efficiency of musculoskeletal care.
Vision Statement: We will become the recognized authority on patient outcomes, safety, and healthcare system performance across all areas of musculoskeletal health, including surgery, rehabilitation, and health behavior, by creating knowledge and tools that support patients, providers, and policymakers in making informed decisions about treatment and recovery.
Featured Research Projects
Johns Hopkins Spine Registry
The Surgical Outcomes Research Center is an academic collaboration between health services researchers, spine surgeons, psychologists, physical therapists, epidemiologists, statisticians, engineers, and many others that seeks to improve the care that we provide patients with musculoskeletal conditions of the spine.
We maintain an ongoing prospective registry of patient-reported outcomes assessments for patients undergoing spine surgery. The knowledge learned has led to multiple presentations, published manuscripts, and funded research projects.
ARBOR Telehealth Study
One of the first studies examining telehealth physical therapy for patients with chronic low back pain to provide important information on how telehealth physical therapy effects pain, disability, and use of other health care services.
Funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) and administered by the National Institute for Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
TeleBACK Clinical Trial
A multi-center clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of telerehabilitation and in-clinic PT for patients with chronic LBP to demonstrate telerehabilitation will provide noninferior clinical effects to in-clinic PT. The study team will enroll 1,000 patients with chronic LBP who present to primary or specialty care at one of three health systems in Baltimore, Maryland, and Utah.
Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).