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 Clinical Care Council oversees the following volunteer committees and representatives who are responsible for developing resources and analysis of clinical topics:

• Clinical Guidelines Committee
• Complementary Medicine Committee
• Interim Performance Measure Task Force
• Multidisciplinary Patient Care Committee
• Patient Safety Task Force
• 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
• Clinical Position Statements and Endorsements
• Pay for Performance Measurement Materials
• Training Recommendations for New Technology
• 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