Cost of postoperative complications after general surgery at a major Canadian academic centre
E Roach, L De La Maza, S Rieder… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background In a fiscally constrained health care environment, the need to reduce
unnecessary spending is paramount. Postoperative complications contribute to hospital …
unnecessary spending is paramount. Postoperative complications contribute to hospital …
[HTML][HTML] Hospital spending and length of stay attributable to perioperative adverse events for inpatient hip, knee, and spine surgery: a retrospective cohort study
YR Rampersaud, K Sundararajan, S Docter… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background The incremental hospital cost and length of stay (LOS) associated with adverse
events (AEs) has not been well characterized for planned and unplanned inpatient spine …
events (AEs) has not been well characterized for planned and unplanned inpatient spine …
Quality and safety improvement in spine surgery
F Jiang, JRF Wilson, JH Badhiwala… - Global Spine …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Review article. Objectives: A narrative review of the literature on the current
advances and limitations in quality and safety improvement initiatives in spine surgery …
advances and limitations in quality and safety improvement initiatives in spine surgery …
Committed to better outcomes: reducing infection after surgery across the Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement Network
TD Jackson, T Beath, N Ahmad, PP Arsenault… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background In 2015, the Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement Network was established to
create a community of practice for Ontario hospitals to improve surgical quality. A provincial …
create a community of practice for Ontario hospitals to improve surgical quality. A provincial …
[HTML][HTML] Revitalising medical governance for a healthier world: the urgent case for a director of planetary health in every faculty of medicine
H Moloo, M Gaudreau-Simard, C Kendall… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Faculties of medicine, whose purpose is to educate the next generation of health-care
providers and generate new knowledge through innovation, have a unique opportunity to …
providers and generate new knowledge through innovation, have a unique opportunity to …
'You can't do quality between surgical cases and tea time': barriers to surgeon engagement in quality improvement
JI Wolfstadt, A Cohen-Rosenblum - BMJ Quality & Safety, 2023 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Much has been written about the challenges of surgeon engagement in quality and safety
improvement work. In Taitz and colleagues' 2011 seminal work, one interviewee alluded to …
improvement work. In Taitz and colleagues' 2011 seminal work, one interviewee alluded to …
Surgeon factors but not hospital factors associated with length of stay after colorectal surgery–A population based study
Z Bayat, ED Kennedy, JC Victor… - Colorectal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Length of stay (LOS) after colorectal surgery (CRS) is a significant driver of healthcare
utilization and adverse patient outcomes. To date, there is little high‐quality evidence in the …
utilization and adverse patient outcomes. To date, there is little high‐quality evidence in the …
Organized, Persistent, and Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Measures Are Effective and Reproducible
J Codner, J Sharma - Journal of the American College of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
In this issue of JACS, Alligood and colleagues, 1 from Augusta University, describe their
experience in the use of a multidisciplinary plan-do-study-act approach to implement quality …
experience in the use of a multidisciplinary plan-do-study-act approach to implement quality …
