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Â鶹´«Ã½National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

Â鶹´«Ã½National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ helps to improve patient care by addressing 3 critical components: care, evaluation, and improvement. Adhering to the College’s high standards results in higher quality of care, which leads to more accurate clinical data, and system-wide change. Hospitals that participate in one of our Â鶹´«Ã½, including Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP, earn the distinction as an Â鶹´«Ã½Surgical Quality Partner (SQP).

The Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP is a variable-based data registry designed to improve hospital-wide quality across all surgical departments. Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP helps surgical and quality teams make informed decisions about the improvement of quality of care while reducing complications and costs.

Reports sourced directly from patient records provide hospitals and staff with the most accurate and risk-adjusted data to inform patient outcomes.

With Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP

62%

of hospitals reduce morbidity

71%

of hospitals reduced mortality

200–500

complications prevented annually

To improve surgical quality, robust and valid data is required. Fifty-nine percent of surveyed sites were unaware of their hospital’s surgical complication rate before they joined Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP. The data collected from Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP enhances a hospital’s ability to home in on preventable complications because it was developed by surgeons who understand the realities of the operating room.

How Is Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP Better than Other Data Registries?

Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP’s purpose is to collect data to help hospitals and surgeons better understand their quality of care. The data collected from Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP is:

From the patient’s medical chart, not insurance

Why this matters: Claims data are limited, inconsistent, and subject to interpretation when used to measure quality. In a study comparing Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP data to claims data, Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP identified 61% more complications, including 97% more surgical site infections.

Risk-adjusted

Why this matters: Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP allows hospitals a 1:1 comparison. Caring for a chronically ill 75-year-old and a healthy 21-year-old are different circumstances, which should be considered in quality measures.

Case mix-adjusted

Why this matters: Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP accounts for the complexity of operations performed as it allows a hospital that takes on more complex cases to calibrate its results against one that performs more straightforward procedures. This allows for more accurate national benchmarking.

Based on 30-day patient outcomes

Why this matters: Since studies show half or more of all complications occur after a patient leaves the hospital, Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP tracks patients for 30 days after their operation. This provides a more complete picture of their care and cuts down on costly readmission rates.

Visit the Â鶹´«Ã½Case Study Repository to learn more about how Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP participation improves quality and reduces cost.

Â鶹´«Ã½Quality Verification Program

Â鶹´«Ã½Quality Verification Program

Variability, limited resources, and diminished margins can influence the care patients receive. Â鶹´«Ã½QVP was developed to address these challenges.
Modules

Modules

Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP participants can expand their QI efforts by opting into vascular and emergency general surgery NSQIP modules to help inform the care.
Collaboratives

Collaboratives

With participation in Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP, Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP Pediatric, and MBSAQIP, hospitals can come together to share information in our collaboratives.

Participating Hospitals

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Surgical Risk Calculator

Enter preoperative information about your patient to provide estimates regarding your patient's risk of postoperative complications.

History

Since its inception, Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP has brought risk-adjusted data to hospitals and helped support quality improvement for surgical care.

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Quality Resources

Â鶹´«Ã½Quality Framework

The Â鶹´«Ã½Quality Framework is a set of criteria that provides guidance to help all hospitals successfully complete their quality improvement projects.

Case Studies

Review case studies from various Â鶹´«Ã½quality program participants and how they can apply to your program.

Quality Improvement Education

The Â鶹´«Ã½is committed to equipping every healthcare provider with the basic knowledge and skills to start on the path toward quality improvement.Ìý

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Have questions about Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP or interested in joining? Request more information about Â鶹´«Ã½NSQIP today.