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Area of Science:

  • Surgical Quality Improvement
  • Patient Safety
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Quality improvement programs are vital for surgical patient safety and outcomes.
  • Administrative data alone has limitations for accurate surgical benchmarking.
  • Tertiary care centers require effective strategies to optimize inpatient operations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To implement and evaluate a surgeon-specific, group-based strategy to improve surgical outcomes.
  • To enhance mortality, length of stay (LOS), and readmissions for inpatient operations.
  • To address limitations of administrative data by incorporating surgeon-specific performance metrics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Vizient data to create a dashboard tracking individual surgeon LOS index, mortality index, and readmissions.
  • Group outcomes data were updated monthly, with individual reports provided quarterly.
  • Quality improvement programs were developed per surgery type by designated leaders, with practice-specific data presented monthly.

Main Results:

  • Over three years (2021-2023), 33 surgeons performed 8145 inpatient operations.
  • Mortality rate decreased significantly from 0.64% to 0.17% (P = 0.003).
  • Length of stay (LOS) index reduced from 0.97 to 0.92 (P = 0.03), while procedure-related readmissions remained stable.

Conclusions:

  • Surgeon-specific, group-based strategies can drive adoption of surgical protocols and improve patient outcomes.
  • Collaborative, data-driven approaches are crucial for enhancing the quality of surgical patient care.
  • This model demonstrates a successful framework for surgical quality enhancement in a tertiary care setting.