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Hindi 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 Tel: 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.
