Safety in Spine Surgery Summit

Course Objectives:

* Describe the main authoritative guidelines and checklists currently being utilized to enhance safety in the pre, intra, and post operative stages of spine surgery, in infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and elderly patients.
* Discuss a variety of techniques and processes to improve the quality and safety of spine care including Root Cause Analysis, LEAN, and Six Sigma.
* Describe how to develop a formal quality improvement program in the area of spine surgery safety.
* Describe various complications which occur in the care of spine surgery patients, ways to minimize their occurrence, and how to manage them effectively if they do occur.