| Literature DB >> 23804682 |
Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs1, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, Erle H Austin, Constantine Mavroudis, Sara K Pasquali, Francois G Lacour-Gayet, Christo I Tchervenkov, Hal Walters, Emile A Bacha, Pedro J Del Nido, Charles D Fraser, J William Gaynor, Jennifer C Hirsch, David L S Morales, Kamal K Pourmoghadam, James S Tweddell, Richard L Prager, John E Mayer.
Abstract
This article presents 21 "Quality Measures for Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery" that were developed and approved by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and endorsed by the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS). These Quality Measures are organized according to Donabedian's Triad of Structure, Process, and Outcome. It is hoped that these quality measures can aid in congenital and pediatric cardiac surgical quality assessment and quality improvement initiatives.Entities:
Keywords: database; outcomes; quality assessment; quality improvement
Year: 2012 PMID: 23804682 PMCID: PMC3827684 DOI: 10.1177/2150135111426732
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg ISSN: 2150-1351