Quality Spine Care

John RatliffDepartment of NeurosurgeryStanford UniversityStanford, CAUSATodd J. AlbertHospital for Special SurgeryNew York, NYUSAJoseph ChengDepartment of NeurosurgeryUniversity of Cincinnati College of MedicineCincinnati, OHUSAJohn KnightlyNeurosurgery, Atlantic Neurosurgical SpecialistsMorristown, NJUSA

• Historical Aspects of Quality in Healthcare.- Quality and Standardization of Medical Education.- The History of Quality Assessment in Spine Care.- Choice of Quality Metrics for Assessment of the Spine Patient.- Patient Reported Outcomes.- Registries in Spine Care, United States.- Registries in Spine Care, UK and Europe.- Concepts of Risk Stratification in Measurement and Delivery of Quality.- Risk Adjustment Methodologies.- Healthcare Systems in the United States.- The National Health Service (NHS) in England: Trying to Achieve Value Based Health Care.- Quality Spine Care in Australasia.- Healthcare Systems: India.- Healthcare Systems and Quality Assessment of Spine Care in Japan.- Overview of Healthcare System in China.- Conditions of Care and Episode Groups.- Aligning Healthcare Systems.- Building Quality Metrics into a Practice.- Impact of Quality Assessment on Clinical Practice, Intermountain Healthcare.- Impact of Quality Assessment on Clinical Practice, Kaiser Permanente.- How Quality is Assessed in Insurance Markets.- Centers of Excellence and Payer Defined Quality Assessment.- Reporting Quality Results.- Achieving Success in Quality Reporting.

“The text appears intended for practicing neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons specializing in spine surgery, as well as clinical practitioners, hospital administrators, and other individuals directly involved in the care of patients with spinal disorders. … ‘Quality Spine Care: Healthcare Systems, Quality Reporting, and Risk Adjustment’ is very well written. Its concise chapters will aid any spine surgeon in optimizing one’s practice to focus on quality and value.” (Scott J. Raffa and Michael Y. Wang, Neurosurgery, Vol. 85 (4), October, 2019)“The audience is practitioners, surgeons, public health specialists, and even healthcare administrators. The book meets the objective of addressing these audiences and is relatively straightforward in its explanations. … This is a high‐quality book that provides a great recapitulation of quality assessment in spine care. It is thefirst book its kind and is a great focused review of this topic.” (Ankit I Mehta, Doody's Book Reviews, July 05, 2019)