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1New York University School of Medicine, New York.
Abstract:
Accelerated-compensation events (ACEs) are classes of avoidable medical injuries. Originally, these classes were used in tort reform to speed payment for avoidable injuries. However, ACEs also have potential as tools to monitor and improve the quality of health care. ACEs are developed by physicians, based on medical decision making. Rather than simply identify an adverse outcome, they link that outcome to clinical processes. Therefore, ACEs can help identify the critical elements of care that would result in desirable outcomes. Also, ACEs are discerning: they identify only events of which the vast majority are preventable. In one project, ACEs have been developed for obstetrics/gynecology, general surgery, and orthopedic surgery, using a three-phase process of sifting data and honing definitions. Future plans include improving these ACEs, statistically evaluating them, and testing them for utility in quality monitoring and improvement.
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