Importance Intraoperative anesthesiology care is crucial to high-quality surgical care. The
clinical expertise and experience of anesthesiologists may decrease the risk of adverse …

While the delivery of anaesthesia care is largely a safe process and adverse events are
infrequent, they can have devastating consequences for patients and providers when they …

Measurement of health care quality and patient safety is rapidly evolving, in response to
long-term needs and more recent efforts to reform the US health system around “value.” …

Clinical performance feedback is an important component of the ongoing development and
education of health care practitioners. For physicians, feedback about their clinical practice …

The United States is on the cusp of a new era, with greater demand for performance
information, greater data availability, and a greater willingness to integrate performance …

BACKGROUND: One of every 150 hospitalized patients experiences a lethal adverse event;
nearly half of these events involves surgical patients. Although variations in surgeon …

Importance The scientific validity of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
quality score as a measure of hospital-level patient outcomes is unknown. Objective To …

Context “Meaningful use” of electronic health records to improve quality of care has
remained understudied. We evaluated an approach to improving patients' safety and quality …

Purpose: To investigate factors associated with unplanned postoperative admissions to the
intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: Data from the National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes …

BACKGROUND: Hip fracture patients represent various perioperative challenges related to
their significant comorbidity burden and the high incidence of morbidity and mortality. As …