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Programs: 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 209 staffed beds as of december 31, 2016; and 36 operating rooms as of december 31, 2016. We performed 30,885 surgeries, an increase of 100 over the prior year, while non-surgical outpatient visits numbered 396,494, 591 more than 2015. Hospital for special surgery provided inpatient care to 15,792 patients, 212 more than 2015. Of those in 2016, 15,303 were surgical. Total ambulatory surgical cases numbered 15,382, a decrease of 100 from 2015. 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 2016 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. The research division is funded by an operating budget of $41. 0 million, supported in part by approximately $35. 8 million in extramural funds, including $10 million from federal grants. This research resulted in nearly 750 publications from 93 scientists in 2016. Highlights for 2016 include: advancing hss research strategic plan with investments in: 1)supporting faculty who remain exposed to funding uncertainties; 2)mentoring the next generation of scientists, 3)supporting the hss healthcare research institute and its support of our patient registries and outcomes research, 4)continued initiatives to retain our most productive faculty, 5)continued investment and expansion of the precision medicine initiative which is designed to identify molecules that drive disease in individual patients that will allow us to customize treatments to target molecular drivers in each individual, and; the recruitment of a translational and clinical researchers to support and advance the existing research activities of our clinicians and surgeons.

education and academic affairs: the hospital for special surgery education & academic affairs division continued to make strides towards the mission to be "the most trusted educator" in the field of musculoskeletal medicine for patients, physicians, allied health professionals and the general public. In 2016 we strengthened strategic partnerships with our 26 education and academic affairs advisory committees and institutional partners, as well as furthering external community relations globally. The hospital's education & academic affairs division trained 45 residents, 71 fellows, and 495 medical students and trainees who spend part of the year at hss. In addition, hss residency program was top ranked for the second straight year by physician network doximity in both reputation and research output. In 2016, we engaged nearly 95,000 participants through cutting edge education programs, including our hss e-academy (the hospital's digital professional education platform), acgme programs, cme accredited activities, bioskills education laboratory sessions, international learning and training center initiatives, kim barrett memorial medical library users, and public and patient education programs. We continue to set the highest standard with our acgme accredited and non-accredited professional education programs. More than 53 onsite and live streaming programs, webinars, grand rounds and cme-approved hss journal articles were offered throughout the year. More than 600 professional education modules were provided through on-demand format via hss e-academy.