New approaches to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: the American College of Surgeons experience

Bruce L Hall; Karen Richards; Angela Ingraham; Clifford Y Ko

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.026

New approaches to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: the American College of Surgeons experience

Am J Surg. 2009 Nov;198(5 Suppl):S56-62. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.026.

Authors

Bruce L Hall¹, Karen Richards, Angela Ingraham, Clifford Y Ko

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Surgery, Olin Business School, and Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 19874936
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.07.026

Abstract

In honor of the seminal contributions of Dr. Shukri Khuri to the foundation and development of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), a review of recent work and new directions within the American College of Surgeons (ACS) NSQIP is presented, according to the following outline:

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Quality Assurance, Health Care*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / standards*
United States