The Seattle forum, part of ACS’ Inspiring Quality initiative, highlighted the adoption of aviation-like standardization and checklists, as well as quality research and data from programs like the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program and its research platform, CERTAIN.
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The event also celebrated the launch of the new Strong for Surgery initiative, which will bring preoperative checklists and nutritional interventions to physicians’ offices and engage patients as their own healthcare advocates to help further improve surgical outcomes. The initiative is a partnership between CERTAIN and the Washington surgical community, the ACS Division of Education, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Life Sciences Discovery Fund and Nestle HealthCare Nutrition.
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