Background: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program (NSQIP) collaborative in Ontario, the Ontario Surgical Quality Improvement …

Surgeons are increasingly becoming involved in quality improvement (QI) initiatives, in part,
because of pay-forperformance and national programs, such as the Surgical Care …

Background Led by the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, in May
2008 a 10-hospital collaborative was formed between the Tennessee Chapter of ACS, the …

BACKGROUND: Surgical quality improvement collaboratives (QICs) aim to improve patient
outcomes through coaching, benchmarked data reporting, and other activities. Although …

Background/Objective: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) has
demonstrated quality improvement in the VA and pilot study of 14 academic institutions. The …

BACKGROUND: Semiannually, the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
(NSQIP) provides its participating sites with observed-to-expected (O/E) ratios for 30-day …

BACKGROUND: The Florida Surgical Care Initiative (FSCI) is a quality improvement
collaborative of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement …

Hypothesis A regional collaborative approach is an efficient platform for surgical quality
improvement. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting Academic research. Patients …

Background The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement
Program is well recognized in surgical quality measurement and is used widely in research …

BACKGROUND: The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) is celebrating
its 15th year in the Veterans Affairs. The full implementation of this program in the VA was …