Journal of Spine & NeurosurgeryISSN: 2325-9701

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Editorial, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 1 Issue: 2

Future Directions in Spine: An Opportunity to Accelerate Quality Improvement

Neil R. Malhotra*, Robert Whitmore, Lachlan J. Smith, William Welch, James Schuster, Paul Marcotte, Stephen Dante, Vincent Arlet, Steven Brem and Sean Grady M
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Corresponding author : Neil R. Malhotra, M.D
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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215-662-3487; Fax: 215-829-6645
E-mail: Neil.Malhotra@uphs.upenn.edu
Received: October 15, 2012 Accepted: October 16, 2012 Published: October 17, 2012
Citation: Malhotra NR, Whitmore R, Smith LJ, Welch W, Schuster J, et al. (2012) Future Directions in Spine: An Opportunity to Accelerate Quality Improvement. J Spine Neurosurg 1:2. doi:10.4172/2325-9701.1000e105

Abstract

Future Directions in Spine: An Opportunity to Accelerate Quality Improvement

Surgical spinal intervention has never been more advanced. However, the objective evidence for intervention has never been more assailed. To definitively answer critical questions about spinal interventions, a system that records data for every clinical encounter, in perpetuity, is needed. The data on each patient encounter needs to be organized to permit easy search and analysis thus permitting, for the first time, continuous quality improvement and hypothesis driven research.

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