On Patient Safety: The Danger of Private Equity Involvement in Healthcare

1President, The Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics, Bloomington, IN, USA J. Rickert, IU Health Southern Indiana Physicians, 583 S. Clarizz Boulevard, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA, Email: [email protected] A note from the Editor-in-Chief: We are pleased to present our next installment of "On Patient Safety." Dr. Rickert is on the clinical faculty at Indiana University School of Medicine and serves as President of The Society for Patient Centered Orthopedics. The goal of this quarterly column is to explore the relationships among patient safety, value, and clinical efficacy by engaging with diverse perspectives, including those of orthopaedic surgeons, patients, consumer and patient advocates, and medical insurers. We welcome reader feedback on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to [email protected]. The author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writers, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.