The role of surgical champions in the American college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program - A national survey

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Raval, Mehul V ^a,b   Bentrem, David J ^b,c   Eskandari, Mark K ^b   Ingraham, Angela M ^a,d   Hall, Bruce L ^e,f,g   Randolph, Barbara ^a   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,h   Morton, John M ⁱ  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACS NSQIP; quality improvement; surgeon champion; surgery; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON;

GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951671459     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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