Background In a majority of LICs and many middle-income countries worldwide, few
measures of quality or effectiveness in health care are captured. Anesthesia and surgery are …

Medical professionalism includes a duty to continually improve the quality of care and to
remain current with best practices and emerging innovations in one's specialty. The field of …

This volume of International Anesthesiology Clinics is dedicated to quality improvement (QI)
in anesthesiology. Central to this theme is the idea that any anesthesiology department or …

Progress in achieving “universal access to safe, affordable surgery, and anesthesia care
when needed” is dependent on consensus not only about the key messages but also on …

This article reviews of some of the key topics and challenges in quality, safety, and the
measurement and improvement of outcomes in anaesthesia. The topics were selected …

The legend of the Figure currently reads:“A formula for advancing surgical system
strengthening and World Health Assembly resolution 68.15 through the World Health …

Purpose To enhance patient safety through contemporaneous and comprehensive
standards for a safe practice of anesthesia that augment, enhance, and support similar …

The improvement of patients' health through the delivery of health-care services is costing
economies throughout the world an increasing percentage of their gross national product …

In the medical arena, perceived quality of care is generally related to outcomes. The Institute
of Medicine actually defines quality as the “degree to which health services for individuals …

Surgical and anaesthesia care are undeniably critical to strengthening healthcare systems
worldwide and they are steadily gaining support from the World Health Organization (WHO) …