NASS Clinical Care Resources for Spine Providers  

NASS promotes high quality, safe spine care and offers numerous resources to spine providers and their patients. The Research Council oversees the following volunteer committees and representatives who are responsible for developing resources and analysis of clinical topics:

• Appropriateness Criteria Work Groups
• Evidence-based Guideline Development Committee
• Performance Measurement Committee 
• Patient Safety Committee
• Representation at the AMA Physician's Consortium for Performance Improvement
  

These comprehensive resources include:

• Clinical Guidelines
• Patient Safety Information & Tools
• Sign, Mark & X-ray (SMAX) Prevention of Wrong-Site Surgery Tools
• Spine Safety Alerts
• Pay for Performance Measurement Materials
• Levels of Evidence for Primary Research Question
• Grades of Recommendation for Summaries or Review of Studies
• Nomenclature & Classification of Lumbar Disc Pathology
• Scientific and Policy Comments