Introduction to Surgical Quality Improvement Project

Saturday, September 17, 2022

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: JW Grand Ballroom 5-6

CE: 1

Reference 1: Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the quality Chasm. A new Health system for the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press 2001

Reference 2: Hoyt DB, Ko C, Jones RS. Optimal resources for surgical quality and safety. ACS 2017.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. https://www.ihi.org

Reference 3: Clarke L, Davidge M et al. The how to guide for measurement for improvement 2010. https://www. england.nhs.uk/improvement-hub/wp-content/uploads/ sites/44/2017/11/How-to-Guide-for-Measurement-forImprovement.pdf

Member Speaker(s)

Hang T. Dang, DO, FACOS, FACS

Breast Surgical Oncologist
City of Hope Newport Beach

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Hang T. Dang, DO, FACOS, FACS: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

Understand how quality is defined, practiced and implemented across different surgical departments
Understand six domain of Healthcare Quality
Set up QI goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound (S.M.A.R.T)
Define different types of quality improvement measures