Selected publications from research organizations and the professional literature related to performance measurement and improvement.
Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project Measures and the Association With Postoperative Infections
J.J. Stulberg, C.P. Delaney, D.V. Neuhauser et al.
JAMA. 2010;303(24):2479-2485.
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Adopting A Surgical Safety Checklist Could Save Money And Improve The Quality Of Care In U.S. Hospitals
M.E. Semel, S. Resch, A.B. Haynes et al.
Health Affairs, Sept. 2010 29(9): 1593-99
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Association Between Implementation of a Medical Team Training Program and Surgical Mortality
J. Neily, P.D. Mills, Y. Young-Xu, et al.
Journal of the American Medical Association, October 2010 304(15):1693-1700.
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Does Surgical Quality Improve in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - An Evaluation of All Participating Hospitals
B. L. Hall, B. H. Hamilton, K. Richards et al.
Annals of Surgery, September 2009 250(3): 363-176
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Does Teamwork Improve Performance in the Operating Room? A Multilevel Evaluation
S.J. Weaver, M.A. Rosen, D. DiazGranados et al.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, March 2010 36(3): 132-42
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Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes
E.N. de Vries, H.A. Prins, INITIAL Rogier et al.
New England Journal of Medicine, November 2010 363(20):1928-37.
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Improving Teamwork to Reduce Surgical Mortality
P.J. Pronovost and J.A. Freischlag
Journal of the American Medical Association, October 2010 304(15):1721-2.
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Perspectives in quality--designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
T.G. Weiser, A.B. Haynes, A. Lashoher et al.
Int. Journal for Quality in Health Care, Oct. 2010 22(5):365-70
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Strategies for Improving Surgical Quality — Checklists and Beyond
J.D. Birkmeyer
New England Journal of Medicine, November 2010 363 (20):1962-5.
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Surgical Safety and Hospital Volume Across a Wide Range of Interventions
Y. Eggli, P. Halfon, D. Meylan et al.
Medical Care, November 2010 48(11):962-71.
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