Safety in Spine Surgery

The mission of the Safety in Spine Surgery Project (S3P) is to identify ways to enhance the safety and sustainability of spine surgery and work with stakeholders in spine surgery, including but not limited to patients, providers, payers, and purchasers, to prevent harm. Spine Surgery is a necessary, beneficial, and cost-effective intervention. However, every year an estimated 60,000 patients are harmed in the course of Spine Surgery. The S3P vision is to reduce the number of patients harmed during and after spine surgery by 50%, from 60,000 to 30,000 by 2023. Preventing harm would generate up to $1 billion in savings to society. S3P is committed to engaging with willing partners through rich collaborative improvement, key initiatives, strategic partnership, and services designed to meet the unique local needs of those with whom we work. Initial Offerings will include: • Site Diagnostics—providing an informed view of where an organization is intis improvement journey and delivering a clear roadmap to achieving higher levels of performance & transformation • Leadership Coaching—helping surgeon-leaders design engage others to become high-performing teams or mobilize people in complex, dynamic organization towards collective, large-scale systemic change • Collaboratives—using shared learning to rapidly test and implement changes that lead to lasting improvement using proven methodologies for change management & culture change. • Wisdom of Crowds—Utilizing practices such as the Delphi method and nominal group technique with leaders in spine surgery to develop best practices.