The power of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--achieving a zero pneumonia rate in general surgery patients.

PR, Fuchshuber; W, Greif; CR, Tidwell; MS, Klemm; C, Frydel; A, Wali; E, Rosas; MP, Clopp

doi:10.7812/tpp/11-127

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The power of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program--achieving a zero pneumonia rate in general surgery patients.

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Fuchshuber PR

Greif W

Tidwell CR

Abstract

The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) of the American College of Surgeons provides risk-adjusted surgical outcome measures for participating hospitals that can be used for performance improvement of surgical mortality and morbidity. A surgical clinical nurse reviewer collects 135...

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