OaraScore®
Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment Score
Provides safety and security to you and your arthroplasty patients in the outpatient setting
Helps you navigate medical risk assessment and clearance for your outpatient arthroplasty patients
Safely allows you to expand your outpatient arthroplasty program
Significantly more predictive than ASA
Each assessment takes only seconds to complete
Grow Your Outpatient & Rapid Discharge Program Safely and With Confidence
- OaraScore® addresses the most critical component of a successful outpatient / rapid discharge TJA program… patient selection.
- User-friendly software program delivers patient selection decision support for determining optimal patient discharge pathways for TJA procedures.
- Evaluates nine co-morbidity cohorts to assess patient health.
- The only risk assessment tool developed specifically to predict successful TJA outpatient and rapid discharge outcomes. 1,2,3
- The OaraScore® learning algorithm has been clinically proven to offer significantly greater predictive value than ASA or any other risk assessment tool. 1,2,3
In the News
Research
Determining the Validity of the Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment Tool (OARA) for Identifying Patients for Safe Same-Day Discharge after Primary Shoulder Arthroplasty - Read Study...
Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty—Patient Selection: Update on the Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment Score - Read Study...
Rapid Discharge in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Utility of the Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment Tool in Predicting Same-Day and Next-Day Discharge - Read Study...
Safe Selection of Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty Patients With Medical Risk Stratification: the “Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment Score” - Read Study...
Press Releases
DJO® Announces Six-Month Free Access To The OaraScore® Outpatient Risk Assessment Tool
Risk stratification tool designed to help reduce burden on hospitals by helping surgeons transition more total joint arthroplasty cases to outpatient or same-day discharge. - Read More...
Orthopedic Surgery Specialists Becomes The First Ambulatory Surgical Center To Adopt the DJO® OaraScore™ Patient Safety Algorithm
Burbank, CA surgical practice adopts the DJO® OaraScore™ to ensure patient safety for outpatient joint replacement procedures. - Read More...
DJO® Announces Industry-First Risk Assessment Tool To Confirm Outpatient Joint Replacement Pathways
DJO, a leading provider of medical technologies designed to get and keep people moving, announced today the availability of the industry’s first Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment tool, the OaraScore™. The easy-to-use software tool provides medical professionals with the information needed to assess the appropriate post-operative length of stay after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). - Read More...
News Coverage
DJO’s OaraScore Tool May Help Determine Total Knee Outpatient Risk - Read More...
DJO announces outpatient arthroplasty risk assessment tool at AAHKS - Read More...
DJO Debuts OaraScore Risk Assessment Tool for Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty - Read More...
DJO launches 1st outpatient arthroplasty risk assessment tool - Read More...
- Henderson, Robert, et al. “External Clinical Validation of the OARA Score for Outpatient Joint Arthroplasty Candidates”. Podium Presentation at AAHKS Meeting 2016, Paper #26.
- Kelvin, Kim, et al. “Rapid Discharge in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Utility of the Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment Tool in Predicting Same-Day and Next-Day Discharge”. The Journal of Arthroplasty 33, (2018): 2412-2416.
- Meneghini, R. Michael, et al. “Safe selection of outpatient joint arthroplasty patients with medical risk stratification: the “outpatient arthroplasty risk assessment score”.” The Journal of arthroplasty 32, no. 8 (2017): 2325-2331.
*Compared to ASA Certification: Meneghini, M., Ziemba-Davis, M., Ishmael., Kuzma, A. and Peter Caccavallo. (November 2015). “Safe Selection of Outpatient Joint Replacement Patients with Medical Risk Stratification: The “OARA Score”.” Paper presented at the 2015 AAHKS Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas. Abstract retrieved from http://meeting.aahks.net/wp-content/ uploads/2015/11/paper-45-meneghini.pdf
This Outpatient Arthroplasty Risk Assessment (“Oara”) Score is a general guide based on medical co-morbidities and other health factors. The score has been developed to help determine a patient’s likelihood of being able to undergo total hip or total knee replacement as an outpatient with a discharge either the same day or within 24 hours of surgery.
The OaraScore® is NOT to be used as the sole method for determining whether a patient is appropriate for hip or knee arthroplasty in the outpatient setting. The OaraScore is NOT a predictor of postoperative medical or surgical complications. The OaraScore is NOT a predictor of morbidity or mortality after hip or knee replacement surgery. Further, the OaraScore is NOT a predictor of readmission after arthroplasty surgery. The OaraScore should be used in conjunction with thorough assessment by the orthopaedic surgeon and perioperative medical experts, in order to determine if patients are appropriate for hip or knee replacement in the outpatient setting. addition, the OaraScore does NOT determine whether a surgery should be performed in an ambulatory surgery center or a hospital setting, as this decision resides solely with the individual surgeon familiar with his/her own patient care environment.
The developers of the OaraScore recommend the OaraScore be used as part of a comprehensive outpatient surgery program that is multi-disciplinary and focuses on patient safety. Each surgeon must also evaluate his/her own surgical ability and outcomes to determine whether he/she is capable of performing surgery safely in the outpatient setting. Prolonged surgery times, excessive blood loss and/or greater than expected surgical and soft-tissue trauma may diminish the OaraScore’s ability to reliably predict an expedited discharge home. The OaraScore was developed and validated in a model with fellowship-trained hip and knee arthroplasty surgeons who are efficient surgically, have a comprehensive multi-modal pain program, have highly skilled and trained staff for enhanced communication with patients and a robust educational program for patients and family considering arthroplasty surgery in the outpatient setting.
DJO Surgical® is a manufacturer of orthopedic implants and does not practice medicine. Only an orthopedic surgeon can determine what treatment is appropriate. Individual results of total joint replacement may vary. The life of any implant will depend on the patient’s weight, age, activity level, and other factors.
