The Patient Safety in Surgery Study: Background, Study Design, and Patient Populations

Shukri F. Khuri; William G. Henderson; Jennifer Daley; Olga Jonasson; Scott R. Jones; Darrell A. Campbell; Aaron S. Fink; Robert M. Mentzer; Janet E. Steeger

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.028

June 1, 2007Journal of the American College of Surgeons

The Patient Safety in Surgery Study: Background, Study Design, and Patient Populations

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Key Points

To describe the background, study design, and participating patient populations used to implement the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program methodology across academic medical centers.
Implemented standardized National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) methodology across 14 university medical centers.
Collected multicenter prospective surgical data to evaluate safety measures and patient outcomes.
Successfully established and deployed the NSQIP methodology across all 14 participating university medical centers.
Generated the core multicenter clinical database supporting subsequent surgical quality and patient safety analyses.

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Population

Patients at 14 university medical centers

I

Intervention

National Surgical Quality Improvement Program methodology

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Outcome

Successful implementation of the methodology

The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program methodology was successfully implemented across 14 university medical centers.

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Implication

Supports NSQIP feasibility in academic centers; leaves open scalability and outcome impact.

Abstract

The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program methodology was successfully implemented in the 14 university medical centers. The data from the study provided the basis for the articles in this issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

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