CHICAGO (July 26, 2015, 5 pm ET): As patient-safety and quality improvement efforts continue to gain momentum throughout health care, the need for accurate sources of information is crucial, yet the ...

Joint Base San Antonio, Texas (Dec. 15, 2017) -- Most people don't know that Army Medicine maintains patient safety by using an outside, independent agency to directly measure surgical safety and rate ...

CHICAGO (August 14, 2013) — The new American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) Surgical Risk Calculator is a revolutionary new tool that quickly and easily ...

According to two new studies, the American College of Surgeons’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program provides more accurate data than administrative data for driving surgical quality ...

With Medicare penalties on hospitals with higher-than-expected rates of 30-day readmissions expected to rise in 2014, more hospitals are evaluating the most accurate methods for tracking readmissions ...

Surgical patients at California hospitals enrolled in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program had lower mortality rates than patients at non-ACS NSQIP hospitals, ...

A new study evaluating surgical outcomes at California hospitals enrolled in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) found surgical patients at ACS ...

A randomized, multicenter phase III trial of bevacizumab plus capecitabine as maintenance treatment after initial treatment with bevacizumab plus XELOX in previously untreated metastatic colorectal ...

Existing formulas used to identify patients at high risk for postsurgical complications may also prospectively identify patients at high risk for unplanned readmission after surgery, according to a ...

In recent years, perhaps in response to an uptick in inquiries about hospital performance and its effect on patient outcomes, a number of programs have been developed to help hospitals track how the ...

ACS NSQIP provides more accurate data than administrative data for driving surgical quality improvement in hospitals, according to two new studies. The research suggests that ACS NSQIP is a vital tool ...