CHICAGO -- The Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) devotes its June issue to a quality measurement program called the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP). ACS NSQIP is the American College of Surgeons' quality improvement program that tracks the outcomes of various surgical procedures and provides data to help hospitals improve patient safety and quality of surgical care.
A number of the 20 articles included in the June issue of JACS show how ACS NSQIP helps reduce complications among surgical patients and enables surgeons to better assess a patient’s risks before he or she has an operation:
Currently, ACS NSQIP is used in 155 private hospitals. ACS NSQIP also includes reporting for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Surgical Care Improvement Program (SCIP). ACS is leading the effort to expand the adoption of ACS NSQIP in hospitals across the country.
Clifford Ko, MD, FACS, Director of the Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, is available to discuss these studies. Dr. Ko, a practicing surgeon, is also an Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery – UCLA School of Medicine and serves as Research Scientist for the RAND Corporation and as Director for the UCLA Center for Surgical Outcomes and Quality.
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 66,000 members and it is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.
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