![]() ![]() Currently, 12 chapters are undergoing revision in an effort to keep the information fresh and up to date. The E-Text Committee is continuing to review, revise, and update the existing E-Text chapters on the website. We are working with the Website Committee in promoting the value and benefits of SRS (research, education, etc.) through the website, newsletter, and other communication avenues. The Newsletter is aimed to disseminate information about SRS activities and opportunities in order to increase engagement of all SRS members in society activities. Greetings! The Communications Committee has been successfully delivering the quarterly Newsletter of the SRS on time as before. Additionally, we are working with the E-Text Committee on updating the early onset scoliosis content and also with the Education Task Force on proper growing spine content for the Core Curriculum. Educationally, the committee has a webinar planned for June on challenges in early onset scoliosis including whether we actually help lung function, the anesthesia risk in children, and selection and challenges of the various early onset scoliosis growth friendly devices. The SRS Growing Spine Committee has several priorities this year. Payers routinely consider ICD-10 codes in determining payment decisions for treatment of post-op complications. The ICD-10 codes were initially developed for epidemiology but now have developed into a major mechanism for documenting medical necessity for medical or surgical treatment. The ICD-10 tabular list of codes offers great granularity and variety in the description of complications which may occur associated with spinal surgery. Committee Members are working on an invited, “state of the art,” review on safety in deformity surgery, to be published in the Spine Deformity Journal this spring. The Safety and Value Committee continues to have a productive year. While there were some technical issues that occurred (and are being resolved), the new process provided a more even scoring pattern and more detailed comments on each application. A large amount of the discussion centered around the role of the SRS in acting as a clearing house for spinal implants for developing world countries.ĭuring the most recent review cycle, a new review scoring and comment process was implemented. Members of the Global Outreach committee met at the Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. The role of the Education Task Force is to help formulate a plan to enhance the education programs within SRS with reference to the latest adult learning principles. Originally named the American-European Meeting on Pedicle Fixation of the Spine & Other Advanced Techniques, the first meeting was held July 1-2, 1994 in Munich, Germany. This year, we celebrate the 25 th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST). We hope to post the results in the next SRS Newsletter issue. The response to these questions will be in the form of an electronic survey, please click on the "Done" button at the end of the article to register your responses. ![]() There will be a few multiple choice questions within the article. ![]() We are going to present a fictitious case based on elements of real cases with ethical dilemmas. In this issue’s letter from the ethics committee we wanted to try something new. Ken will highlight this in his column.Įthics & Professionalism Committee Member There was tremendous involvement from both international and regional representatives who are course chairs for the upcoming year. We had an excellent course chair training that was held in New York at Hospital for Special Surgery in December led by our educational consultant, Joe Green, as well as past president and Education Task Force chair, Ken Cheung. The start of 2018 has been a busy time for the SRS, ending a strong 2017 with educational, research, and advocacy activities. ![]()
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