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ACS Surgeon-Specific Registry retired in 2026

Your saved case history can still move forward.

If you retained an ACS SSR export, UNIRA can help you carry it into a surgeon-owned surgery case log built for longitudinal analytics, AI op notes, and a record that follows your career.

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Built by a practicing general surgeon to give surgeons a portable record beyond any one registry.

What changed
May 16, 2026
SSR case entry and report access ended
June 2026
The ACS SSR fully retired
Today
A saved export can still become a new longitudinal record
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Why this matters

Years of your professional record. One continuity problem.

For more than a decade, the SSR has been many surgeons' single longitudinal record of their operative work, used for board certification, MOC, credentialing, hospital privileging, and self-review. Its retirement did not automatically move that history into a new system.

UNIRA was built so a surgeon's professional record belongs to the surgeon, portable, lifelong, and independent of any single institution or registry.

"Surgeons have always needed this. EMRs don't do it. Spreadsheets don't scale."
01

Access has ended

The SSR is no longer available for new case entry or report access. A previously saved export is now the key migration source.

02

HIPAA exposure

A rushed export to a personal Excel or Google Sheet is the kind of move that turns into a compliance review.

03

Career gaps

Credentialing committees, comp meetings, and contract negotiations all assume a continuous record. A break in your data is a break in your leverage.

What you get

Not just a new logbook. A real upgrade.

01

A surgeon-owned record

Your cases belong to you. Exportable, portable, and independent of any hospital. Take it with you when you change jobs, states, or roles.

02

Analytics, not just storage

Outcomes, productivity, case complexity, wRVU trends, and CMS 2026 efficiency-adjustment impact, visualized against your own data, with MGMA benchmarks.

03

AI that works for you

Operative-report generation, billing optimization, and natural-language queries against your own surgical record, not a generic chatbot.

04

Privacy by design

Security controls include encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access, and audit logging. Contact the team to confirm BAA requirements for your workflow.

Meet OpWriter, AI op notes

Say a few words in.
A structured op-note draft out.

OpWriter is UNIRA's operative-report engine, mobile and web. The SSR captured what you did. OpWriter writes it up. Say or type the case-specific details between cases. OpWriter assembles a structured operative-report draft from your case data, your writing style, and procedure-specific narrative, with CPT and modifier suggestions for surgeon and billing-team review.

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Your voice

A few words between cases. Capture the moments only you can describe, and let OpWriter assist with the first draft.

02

Your structured case data

Procedure, indication, equipment, intraoperative findings, pulled in automatically so you don't dictate the same details twice.

03

Your writing style

Provide de-identified examples of past op notes so OpWriter can adapt to your phrasing and preferred level of detail.

04

Procedure-specific narrative

A procedure-specific narrative starting point for the operation performed, ready for surgeon review and editing.

Review the alignment between what you did and what is documented.

A logic layer suggests possible CPT codes and modifiers, then surfaces potential documentation gaps or mismatches for review. The surgeon and billing team remain responsible for the final note and coding decision.

Faster drafting. Clearer review. A more deliberate handoff from the clinical record to coding.

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How the SSR migration works

Four steps. All your cases in one place, connected to intelligence.

No PDFs to wrestle with. No spreadsheets emailed around. Open an account, drop your ACS file, help us classify the fields, done.

01

Open your UNIRA account

Create your UNIRA account and review the privacy and security settings required for your workflow.

02

Go to Import Cases

Inside UNIRA, head to the Import Cases section. It's built for exactly this.

03

Drop your ACS file

Use the encrypted upload workflow for the file you exported from the SSR. Do not send a case file by ordinary email or personal cloud storage.

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Help UNIRA classify the fields

Quick guided pass: confirm which SSR column maps to which UNIRA field. UNIRA suggests the mapping; you confirm. Every case lands in your record, ready for analytics, OpWriter, and natural-language queries.

dashboard.unira.io/procedures/import-v2

The minimum information UNIRA needs to import a case is a procedure date and a CPT code. Anything beyond that, ICD-10, role, complications, notes, is preserved when present and enriches your analytics, but is not required for import.

Review my SSR export We will review the export you retained and confirm the available migration path.

Need help reviewing your export?

Email us at ssr-migration@unira.io before sending any case file. A UNIRA team member will review the format, explain the secure handoff, and confirm which fields can be carried into your new record.

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Trust & security

Built to the standards your data deserves.

We hold ourselves to the privacy and security posture surgeons should be able to expect from any system that holds a longitudinal record of their work.

Security controls

Encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest. Role-based access control. Audit logging on every record touch.

BAA options

Contact the UNIRA team before data moves to confirm whether your practice or institution requires a Business Associate Agreement.

Surgeon-owned data

You own your cases. You can export your full record at any time, in standard formats. You can delete it.

No data sales, ever

We do not sell or rent surgeon or patient data to anyone, for any purpose.

Responsible AI

We do not train third-party AI models on identifiable surgeon or patient data. AI features are designed to support, not replace, surgeon judgment, with surgeon-in-the-loop review.

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For different surgeons

Whatever you used the SSR for, UNIRA carries it forward.

01

Attendings tracking case volume

Continuous case log with structured CPT/ICD-10 capture, complication tracking, and longitudinal volume reports, ready for credentialing, privileging, and contract conversations.

02

Residents and fellows

Migrate your case data directly from ACGME Case Logs into one record that follows you into attending practice, no rebuilding from PDFs at job #1.

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Re-credentialing or changing jobs

A clean, exportable, surgeon-owned record means you walk into a credentialing committee or a new contract with your data, your history, and your leverage.

04

Preparing for MOC and self-review

Filter your cases by procedure, time period, complication, or outcome, and pull the report you need without rebuilding the dataset every cycle.

Common questions

Common questions about SSR migration

Is UNIRA endorsed by the American College of Surgeons?
No. ACS does not endorse, recommend, or certify any specific vendor. UNIRA was included for informational purposes only in an ACS reply to a surgeon inquiry about SSR alternatives. We respect the College's position.
How much does SSR migration cost?
Migration options depend on the export format and scope. Contact our team and we will review what you retained before confirming the process and any cost. UNIRA's standard subscription pricing is available on the pricing page.
How long does migration take?
Timing depends on the size and structure of the export. UNIRA suggests field mappings and the surgeon reviews the result before import.
How are SSR fields handled?
Standard fields such as procedure date, CPT, ICD-10, role, and complication can be mapped into UNIRA's case-log structure. The team reviews non-standard fields and preserves additional context when the export supports it.
How is data handled during migration?
UNIRA uses an encrypted upload workflow and access controls. Do not email a spreadsheet containing PHI. Contact our team before transferring a file to confirm the secure handoff and any Business Associate Agreement requirements.
What if I'm already using a different logbook?
We can also migrate from Surgeonal, Tribble, Procedure Log, Surgeon's Logbook, or a custom Excel/CSV. Same process. Reach out and we'll handle it.
I'm a resident, can I migrate too?
Yes. Residents and fellows can migrate their case data directly from the ACGME Case Logs, same guided process. Anything you've been keeping in training comes with you.
Can I migrate after the SSR retirement?
Yes, if you retained an SSR export or another usable case-log file. Contact our team so we can review the format and explain the available migration path. If you do not have an export, we can still help you determine what records remain available from your own files or institution.
Can someone at UNIRA do the import for me?
Yes. Guided migration support is available. Email us at ssr-migration@unira.io before sending any case file. We will explain the secure handoff, review the export, and help map the fields that can be carried forward.
Who can I talk to with more questions?
A surgeon on our team. Email ssr-migration@unira.io.

Still have an SSR export? Put that history back to work.

Move a saved case-log export into a surgeon-owned record built for documentation, analytics, and long-term continuity.

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UNIRA was founded by Dr. Jeremy Gallego Eckstein, a practicing general surgeon and Director of the Hernia Center at Memorial Healthcare System. It's the platform he built because he wanted it for his own practice.