WCO IOF- ESCEO 2025: New Patient and Health Care Professional Tools to Connect Spine and Bone Health

Presenter: P. Anderson

The National Spine Health Foundation (NSHF) is the leading nonprofit advancing spinal health through patient education, advocacy, and research. It empowers patients via its award‑winning website https://spinehealth.org/, Spinal Champion program, Get Back To It podcast, SpineTalks video series, and Spine Health Journal. 

Recently, NSHF launched two platforms to optimize bone health in spine care: 

• Bone Hub (https://spinehealth.org/bonehub/): An educational site for patients, women over 50, and professionals linking osteoporosis and surgical outcomes
• Continuing Education Portal (https://spinehealth.org/bonehub/): Offers ondemand CME webinars and the Spine & Bone Health ECHO® program to professionals for enhancing clinical practice and patient outcomes. The ECHO platform delivers lifelong learning and guided practice by fostering an interactive environment for medical education and the exchange of complex clinical cases. Utilizing a “hub‑and‑spoke” model, expert teams serve as the central hub, connecting with community providers through multipoint video‑conferencing.

World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO IOF-ESCEO 2025), April 10-13, 2025, Rome, Italy