Neurosurgical Focus Highlights Efforts to Define, Measure, and Predict Quality in Neurosurgery
John Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS (left) Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Chair, AANS/CNS National Quality Council Stanford, CA Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, FACS (right) Co-Medical Director, Carolinas Healthcare System Neuroscience Institute Director, National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database Vice President, NeuroPoint Alliance Charlotte, NC […]
Tackling the Gordian Knot of Quality Measurement
Guest post from Katie O. Orrico, JD Director, Washington Office American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other places when we believe they involve issues that merit highlighting to our readers. Today’s post originally […]
PQRS and Neurosurgery: The Need to Know
Guest post from Anand Veeravagu, MD (left) Chief Neurosurgery Resident Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Former White House Fellow Stanford, CA and John Ratliff, MD, FAANS, FACS (right) Co-Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA It is changing, yet again. The 2015 Medicare […]
Neurosurgeons Making Headlines on Spine Care
Although spine therapies — surgical and nonsurgical — have grown over the last decade, it’s overly simplistic and simply inaccurate to conclude that this phenomenon has been primarily fueled by a profit motive. Improvements in technologies have contributed substantially to this growth. Simply put, more patients with debilitating spine disorders are now eligible for therapies […]