Low-back pain is incredibly prevalent, affecting one quarter of US adults at any given time. However, some interventions to treat back pain have been shown to have no clinical benefit compared to placebo–putting hundreds of thousands at risk of unnecessary harm.
How many procedures are being done unnecessarily and at what cost? Which hospitals and systems are best and worst at avoiding this overuse? What does this kind of overuse look like in your state? Attend to get to the bottom of these questions and more.
Unnecessary Back Surgery
Older Americans put at risk while billions in Medicare funds wasted
Tuesday, Nov 14, 2024
1 PM ET
(held online via Zoom)
Featured Panelists
- Dr. Sohail Mirza, Dartmouth College
- Claire Brockbank, 32BJ Benefit Funds
- Dr. Vikas Saini, Lown Institute
About the Lown Index
The Lown Institute Hospitals Index is the first ranking to define clear, measurable standards for hospital social responsibility. We examine performance across three core areas: Outcomes, Value, and Equity.
This webinar will be focused on our “avoiding overuse” metric, specifically spinal fusion and/or laminectomy and vertebroplasty procedures.
While most rankings measure just patient outcomes, the Lown Index takes into account the full breadth of what hospitals do as care providers, employers, and community partners. By setting these benchmarks, we seek to shine a light on those hospitals that provide exceptional, high-value patient care to all who need it in their community–and encourage all hospitals to follow their example.