08.10.11
Boston Scientific Corp. has launched its Neuromodulation Learning Institute (NLI), a clinical education program and online resource center for health care providers to enhance their knowledge and awareness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) technology, procedures and techniques. The announcement was made during the annual meeting of the International Spine Intervention Society in Chicago, Ill. The Natick, Mass.-based company also is introducing an iPhone and iPad application that features surgical technique videos and access to an SCS textbook by Paul Kries, M.D. and Scott Fishman, M.D.
“The NLI offers in-depth instruction on techniques critical to successful patient outcomes with SCS," said Thomas Simopoulos, M.D., director of the Interventional Pain Service at the Arnold Pain Management Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass., and assistant professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. “The new iPhone/iPad app is an excellent tool for training current and prospective pain physicians on spinal cord stimulation.”
The NLI offers a broad range of hands-on and web-based learning tools using the company’s Precision Plus SCS System, which uses current delivered to the spinal cord to stop pain signals from being recognized by the brain.
“This training forum will benefit physicians and the patients who suffer from chronic pain by offering health care providers a comprehensive, single source of SCS information,” said Michael Onuscheck, senior vice president and president of Boston Scientific's Neuromodulation Division. “The NLI is dedicated to providing a continuum of physician training that will broaden understanding of SCS and advance the quality of patient care.”
“The NLI offers in-depth instruction on techniques critical to successful patient outcomes with SCS," said Thomas Simopoulos, M.D., director of the Interventional Pain Service at the Arnold Pain Management Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass., and assistant professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School. “The new iPhone/iPad app is an excellent tool for training current and prospective pain physicians on spinal cord stimulation.”
The NLI offers a broad range of hands-on and web-based learning tools using the company’s Precision Plus SCS System, which uses current delivered to the spinal cord to stop pain signals from being recognized by the brain.
“This training forum will benefit physicians and the patients who suffer from chronic pain by offering health care providers a comprehensive, single source of SCS information,” said Michael Onuscheck, senior vice president and president of Boston Scientific's Neuromodulation Division. “The NLI is dedicated to providing a continuum of physician training that will broaden understanding of SCS and advance the quality of patient care.”