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Data Drives Quality: ACS–NSQIP

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Continuous quality improvement requires ongoing data collection and analysis. This chapter will assess the importance of high-quality data to assess the quality of surgical care given, to identify areas for improvement, to assess the effectiveness of quality improvement initiatives, and for ongoing monitoring.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Matthew M. Hutter MD, MPH (Associate Visiting Surgeon)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Hutter, M.M. (2012). Data Drives Quality: ACS–NSQIP. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_12

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