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It has been estimated that 234 million operations are performed worldwide every year, a rate higher than childbirth. Since the Institute of Medicine’s report “To Err is Human”, there has been a sharp increase in interest in programs to decrease medical errors, especially in surgical care. Complications from operative care result in 11% of total disease burden, of which nearly half is estimated to be preventable. Despite numerous efforts to improve patient safety, rates of errors, and complications continue to rise nationwide.
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It should be noted that the term dashboard has also been used in health care to denote the computer interface used to monitor operating room progress. Among the data on such dashboards may be some quality data, but the purpose is primarily for moving surgical cases through the operating room in an efficient manner.
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Plerhoples, T., Morton, J. (2012). Creating a Surgical Dashboard for Quality. 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_3
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