Strategic Plan

The Michigan Orthopaedic Society strategic plan was accepted provisionally on April 2, 2009.

MICHIGAN ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY
STRATEGIC PLAN

Mission Statement – The Michigan Orthopaedic Society is organized to promote the education of orthopaedic surgeons in the state of Michigan.  Our goal is to optimize the care of our patients.  We will continue to monitor and be involved in state legislative activities to benefit health care in Michigan.

Vision Statement

1. The MOS will focus on education at our annual summer and fall meetings.
2. The MOS legislative efforts will continue to protect the services we offer to our patients.
3. The MOS will maintain a membership database to promote interaction between the orthopaedic surgeons in the state of Michigan in the best interest of patient care.

The MOS will maximize our relationship with the AAOS and other medical groups to benefit our members at a local level.

Structure and Governance

• Maintain and ensure an effective continuity of business management of the Michigan Orthopaedic Society.
• Identify and implement organizational changes to broaden participation of our members.
• Maintain an affordable dues structure and ensure fiscal stability.
• Pursue non-dues source of revenue that conform to the conflict of interest policy of the Michigan Orthopaedic Society.
• Promote an effective membership recruitment process.
• Develop and maintain a mechanism for identifying and training future Michigan Orthopaedic Society leaders.

Health Policy

• Advocate public policies that ensure quality musculoskeletal care in Michigan.
• Develop advocacy relationships and lines of communication with public officials, consumer groups, medical associations and third party payors.
• Promote the involvement of orthopaedic surgeons in grassroots advocacy efforts.
• Advocate for fair and equitable compensation for the delivery of orthopaedic services.
• Advocate at the state and federal levels to obtain effective medical liability reform.

Professional Education

• Provide educational programs for orthopaedic surgeons in the management of musculoskeletal conditions.
• Support the efforts of the AAOS to identify and promote appropriate evidenced based care.

Public Education

• Educate the public on the management and prevention of musculoskeletal conditions.
• Promote the specialty of orthopaedic surgery.

Practice Management

• Distribute information impacting Michigan orthopaedic surgeons and their practices.
• Promote programs to increase the success of members’ practices.

Diversity

• Support efforts to diversify the profession and the orthopaedic work staff.
• Assist members with understanding and responding to the diversity of patient population.

Unity

• Include sub-specialty interests in educational programming.
• Advocate for sub-specialty interests.
• Advocate for opportunities to collaborate between orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic related organizations as appropriate.