A situational overview of surgical quality and safety in 2010.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Surgical safety and quality initiatives have now moved to the front of the agenda for contemporary surgery. METHODS:Sixty-two surgical specialists began to study quality and cost control in 1998, and those efforts grew into a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services-funded pilot study of the Surgical Care Improvement Project in 2004. Subsequent symposia and studies evolved. RESULTS:A greater awareness of the issues and methods for meaningful improvement of surgical safety in nearly 25,000 specialty surgeries have been described in numerous peer-reviewed publications. CONCLUSIONS:Surgeon-initiated efforts have led to marked improvements in multiple specialties and in many small and large hospitals and academic training centers.

journal_name

Am J Surg

authors

Polk HC Jr,Tyson MB,Galandiuk S

doi

10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.04.005

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-07-01 00:00:00

pages

82-9

issue

1

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0002-9610

issn

1879-1883

pii

S0002-9610(10)00170-4

journal_volume

200

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