Process improvement in surgery

Christina A Minami; Catherine R Sheils; Karl Y Bilimoria; Julie K Johnson; Elizabeth R Berger; Julia R Berian; Michael J Englesbe; Oscar D Guillamondegui; Leonard H Hines; Joseph B Cofer; David R Flum; Richard C Thirlby; Hadiza S Kazaure; Sherry M Wren; Kevin J O'Leary; Jessica L Thurk; Gregory D Kennedy; Sarah E Tevis; Anthony D Yang

doi:10.1067/j.cpsurg.2015.11.001

Process improvement in surgery

Curr Probl Surg. 2016 Feb;53(2):62-96. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2015.11.001. Epub 2015 Nov 17.

Authors

Christina A Minami¹, Catherine R Sheils², Karl Y Bilimoria³, Julie K Johnson¹, Elizabeth R Berger⁴, Julia R Berian⁵, Michael J Englesbe⁶, Oscar D Guillamondegui⁷, Leonard H Hines⁸, Joseph B Cofer⁹, David R Flum¹⁰, Richard C Thirlby¹¹, Hadiza S Kazaure¹², Sherry M Wren¹², Kevin J O'Leary¹³, Jessica L Thurk¹⁴, Gregory D Kennedy¹⁵, Sarah E Tevis¹⁵, Anthony D Yang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Center for Healthcare Studies in the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
² Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; University of Rochester School of Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
³ Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Center for Healthcare Studies in the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: k-bilimoria@northwestern.edu.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Department of Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
⁶ Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
⁸ Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Knoxville, TN.
⁹ Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga, TN.
¹⁰ Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.
¹¹ Department of Surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
¹² Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
¹³ Division of Hospital Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
¹⁴ Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
¹⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.

PMID: 26806271
DOI: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2015.11.001

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Delivery of Health Care / economics
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Health Care Costs
Humans
Process Assessment, Health Care
Program Evaluation
Quality Improvement / economics
Quality Improvement / organization & administration*
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Quality of Health Care
Surgical Procedures, Operative / economics
Surgical Procedures, Operative / standards*
United States

Grants and funding

T-32HS 000078/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States