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  • Surgical Quality Improvement
  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Surgical societies often exclude general members from quality measure development due to lack of formal training.
  • Existing quality metrics may not fully capture the expertise of practicing surgeons.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess if a structured quality metric design tool can enable surgeons to develop quality metrics.
  • To facilitate the rapid creation of focused quality metrics by minimally invasive surgeons.

Main Methods:

  • A 90-minute workshop was conducted for expert minimally invasive surgeons.
  • Participants engaged in didactic and interactive sessions using a novel quality measure development tool.
  • The tool assessed presenting symptoms, short-term complications, and long-term disutility of care.

Main Results:

  • Workgroups successfully developed quality, short-term complication, and long-term disutility metrics for three common surgical procedures.
  • Procedures included inguinal hernia repair, ventral hernia repair, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
  • The tool facilitated the development of multifaceted, patient-centric outcomes measures.

Conclusions:

  • A structured quality metric design tool effectively bridges the gap in formal metric development training for surgeons.
  • This approach allows for the rapid creation of patient-centric outcomes measures by expert surgeons.
  • Emphasizes the importance of defining denominator populations and avoiding metric-driven undertreatment.