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Quality measurement and improvement in general surgery.

Abstract

Increasing emphasis is being placed on health care quality measurement and improvement in the US. Within general surgery, several sophisticated quality-measurement and outcomes systems have been developed. These include the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the use of selective referral and centers of excellence, the Surgical Care Improvement Project, and the World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist. This article reviews each of these quality-improvement initiatives, highlights their relative contributions, and discusses future directions of quality improvement within general surgery.

Year: 2011 PMID： 22319416 PMCID： PMC3267561 DOI： 10.7812/tpp/11-110

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Perm J ISSN： 1552-5767

22 in total

1. Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States.

Authors: John D Birkmeyer; Andrea E Siewers; Emily V A Finlayson; Therese A Stukel; F Lee Lucas; Ida Batista; H Gilbert Welch; David E Wennberg
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2002-04-11 Impact factor: 91.245

2. Strategies for improving surgical quality--checklists and beyond.

Authors: John D Birkmeyer
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2010-11-11 Impact factor: 91.245

3. Teaching surgical skills--changes in the wind.

Authors: Richard K Reznick; Helen MacRae
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2006-12-21 Impact factor: 91.245

Review 4. Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

Authors: John D Birkmeyer; David M Shahian; Justin B Dimick; Samuel R G Finlayson; David R Flum; Clifford Y Ko; Bruce Lee Hall
Journal: J Am Coll Surg Date: 2008-09-19 Impact factor: 6.113

5. Risk adjustment for comparing hospital quality with surgery: how many variables are needed?

Authors: Justin B Dimick; Nicholas H Osborne; Bruce L Hall; Clifford Y Ko; John D Birkmeyer
Journal: J Am Coll Surg Date: 2010-04 Impact factor: 6.113

6. Validating risk-adjusted surgical outcomes: chart review of process of care.

Authors: J Gibbs; K Clark; S Khuri; W Henderson; K Hur; J Daley
Journal: Int J Qual Health Care Date: 2001-06 Impact factor: 2.038

7. Improving outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer through centralization.

Authors: V E P P Lemmens; K Bosscha; G van der Schelling; S Brenninkmeijer; J W W Coebergh; I H J T de Hingh
Journal: Br J Surg Date: 2011-06-29 Impact factor: 6.939

8. Esophagectomy outcomes at low-volume hospitals: the association between systems characteristics and mortality.

Authors: Luke M Funk; Atul A Gawande; Marcus E Semel; Stuart R Lipsitz; William R Berry; Michael J Zinner; Ashish K Jha
Journal: Ann Surg Date: 2011-05 Impact factor: 12.969

9. Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes.

Authors: Eefje N de Vries; Hubert A Prins; Rogier M P H Crolla; Adriaan J den Outer; George van Andel; Sven H van Helden; Wolfgang S Schlack; M Agnès van Putten; Dirk J Gouma; Marcel G W Dijkgraaf; Susanne M Smorenburg; Marja A Boermeester
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2010-11-11 Impact factor: 91.245

Quality measurement and improvement in general surgery.

1. Hospital volume and surgical mortality in the United States.

2. Strategies for improving surgical quality--checklists and beyond.

3. Teaching surgical skills--changes in the wind.

Review 4. Blueprint for a new American College of Surgeons: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.

5. Risk adjustment for comparing hospital quality with surgery: how many variables are needed?

6. Validating risk-adjusted surgical outcomes: chart review of process of care.

7. Improving outcome for patients with pancreatic cancer through centralization.

8. Esophagectomy outcomes at low-volume hospitals: the association between systems characteristics and mortality.

9. Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on patient outcomes.

10. The patient safety in surgery study: background, study design, and patient populations.

1. Reliability of surgical outcomes for predicting future hospital performance.

2. Do past mortality rates predict future hospital mortality?

3. Evaluating quality across minimally invasive platforms in colorectal surgery.

4. Self-assessment of surgical technique leads to reduction of positive surgical margins in partial nephrectomy.

5. Adequate Lymphadenectomy as a Quality Measure in Esophageal Cancer: Is there an Association with Treatment Approach?