Key result
Regular surgeon-specific outcome feedback and benchmarking improves vascular surgery performance.
Why the study?
Does feedback of surgeon-specific outcome data improve surgical performance and patient outcomes in vascular surgery?
Does feedback of surgeon-specific outcome data improve surgical performance and patient outcomes in vascular surgery?
Providing vascular surgeons with regular, structured feedback on their clinical outcomes, benchmarked against peers, is recommended to drive continuous improvement in surgical performance and patient safety.
May inform surgical performance feedback; leaves open prospective validation of clinical impact.
Feedback of performance data is a well-established method of performance improvement in the health-care setting, although guidance has been limited in the context of surgical performance. This article outlines how optimal feedback can be achieved using surgeon outcome data.
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Li et al. (2016) conducted a review in Vascular surgery performance. Feedback of surgeon outcome data was evaluated. Feedback of surgeon-specific outcome data, combined with benchmarking and measurable targets delivered regularly by a senior colleague, is recommended to improve performance in vascular surgery.
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