After the release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err Is Human, 1 improving the
quality of health care in the United States (US) has become a national priority. 2 There is …

BACKGROUND: Anesthesiologists face increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of the
care they provide, whether locally or nationally through public reporting and payor …

Abstract The US Department of Health and Human Services created the National Quality
Strategy to provide a framework to focus providers and organizations in achieving greater …

The Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) is a nonprofit-“related organization” of the American
Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). The vision of the AQI is to advance the quality and safety …

MANY of our clinical decisions are based on animal models, small in vivo studies,
retrospective chart reviews, or tradition. As anesthetic safety has improved over the past few …

Purpose Measuring and providing performance feedback to physicians has gained
momentum not only as a way to comply with regulatory requirements, but also as a way to …

Abstract The Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI) was chartered in 2008 by the American
Society of Anesthesiologists to develop the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry …

There is a trend for external groups (eg, government, insurance companies, licensing
agencies) to request performance measures from health care organizations. Monitoring …

The importance of delivering safe, high-quality care has been a core tenet of the practice of
medicine since the time of Hippocrates; the dictum primum non nocere (first do no harm) is a …

Departments of anesthesia should develop performance criteria in multiple domains and
recognize the importance of human relationships (between staff and between staff and …