Synergies between Medical Technology Companies and Professional Societies focused on treatment of spinal disorders are becoming more and more important.
Training Spine Specialists can no longer be the sole responsibility of Medical Technology Companies. Beyond teaching product handlings, surgical techniques are constantly evolving hence must be taught in by experts of both worlds across all European countries. Thus the EuroSpine Foundation is initiating as a priority program an European Educational Program with the support of most of the European Spine Spine societies of Europe.
Availability of Spine Registries such as Spine Tango is essential to assess safety and efficacy of all existing and future products and techniques. With Spine Tango, Medical Technology Companies have the opportunity to compare the performance of existing and future products against the anonymized international data pool. This process is known as benchmarking. However, final assessment of new technologies which are endorsed by independent institutions will be all the more considered as objective evidence based medicine information by official bodies. This is the objective of the "Health Technology Assessment" committee program of EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe.
Basic and Clinical research is also an important field where synergies take place; from basic science to clinical application, Medical Technology Companies and Professional Societies can only benefit from joining forces.