Statewide Quality Improvement Initiatives in Colorectal Surgery

In this era of evidence-based and cost-efficient medicine, quality assessment and quality improvement programs have become commonplace. On the national level, initiatives such as SCIP and ACS-NSQIP have led to dramatic changes across the United States, providing useful data to evaluate individual hospital's outcomes in attempt to decrease morbidity and mortality. At the regional and state-level, collaborative efforts such as Washington State's SCOAP and the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC) have led the way to identify focus areas and lead to changes even at the individual surgeon level.

Source: Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery - February 1, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Andrew Schlussel, Scott R. Steele Source Type: research