… Third, IS requires the use of mixed quantitative and qualitative measures, but qualitative
research remains underappreciated in surgical and anesthesia peer-reviewed journals.40,41 …

… high-fidelity anesthesia … Quality assurance may be defined as “the formal and systematic
monitoring and reviewing of medical care delivery and outcome; designing activities to improve …

… Quality of anesthesia care can be improved through measurement, either through local
measures in quality improvement or … Death directly related to anesthesia care has been reduced, …

… Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence (… To improve familiarity in our
large academic anesthesia … photographic images of individual crisis event cognitive aids. In …

… implementing a structured quality improvement program. It has also been our own experience
that this provides an important and previously missing link in the quality and safety agenda…

… 1 and Crossing The Quality Chasm, 2 brought the issues of safety and quality in health
care … the quality and safety movements. From Dr Ellison (Jeep) Pierce’s careful log of “anesthesia …

… Leadership in quality improvement Changing culture and improving quality require
commitment of leadership. Leaders must play an active and visible role to articulate the vision and …

… aware of patient harm associated with anesthesia care. This awareness peaked … crisis and
the public’s concerns. The stage was set for leaders to step forward and improve anesthesia …

… Quality Improvement Efforts to improve anesthesia and perioperative care will be influenced
by measurement of the outcomes in LMICs similar to the influence of quality improvement …

… a continous quality improvement (CQI) program for anesthesia … for systematic peer review
of anesthesia management. Trend … identifies opportunities for improvement. The CQI program …