Emily Schaeffer, The Global Hip Registry & the development and implementation of care pathways for DDH around the world

This week I speak with Emily Schaefer PhD a researcher with the university of British Columbia in Vancouver.    We discuss a paper that she and her team recently published which details the development and implementation of a care pathway for developmental dysplasia of the hip in India.   Li J, Aroojis A, Mulpuri K, Shea KG, Schaeffer EK. Development of a DDH Care Pathway for India: A Study Methodology to Guide Similar Efforts in Other Countries and for Other Conditions. Indian J Orthop. 2021 Oct 22;55(6):1549-1558.    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8533670/pdf/43465_2021_Article_534.pdf   We discuss the difficulties in developing a pathway and even greater ones when implementing it. We discuss how they involve different stakeholders and got their input and then how to control quality to maintain this project going.   The care pathway was published in the Indian journal of Pediatrics:   Anne RP, Li J, Schaeffer E, Aroojis A, Mulpuri K, Murki S. Care Practices of Indian Pediatricians for the Screening and Diagnosis of Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. Indian J Pediatr. 2022 Sep;89(9):911-915. doi: 10.1007/s12098-022-04200-5. Epub 2022 Jun 22. PMID: 35731501   https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12098-022-04200-5   We discussed tailoring the pathways to adapt to different settings and the future of collaborative efforts worldwide.