The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: Achieving better and safer surgery

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 199-204

  Ko, Clifford Y ^a,b   Hall, Bruce L ^c   Hart, Amy J ^d   Cohen, Mark E ^a   Hoyt, David B ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ACS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE; COST CONTROL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; PATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; COOPERATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943351469     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(15)41026-8     Document Type: Article

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