Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of optimization of
preoperative comorbidities by nonsurgical clinicians on short-term postoperative outcomes …

Background Disparities in total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have largely been studied in single
center studies and using administrative data. Our objective was to investigate differences in …

Background Current preoperative cardiac risk stratification practices group operations into
broad categories, which might inadequately consider the intrinsic cardiac risks of individual …

Background A report suggesting large between-hospital variations in mortality after
admission for COVID-19 in England attracted much media attention but used crude rates …

Objectives To evaluate whether age is independently associated with greater rate of
unanticipated hospital admission within 30 days of ambulatory surgery. Design …

Introduction In patients undergoing high‐risk cardiac surgery, the uncertainty of outcome
may complicate the decision process to intervene. To augment decision‐making, a machine …

BACKGROUND Patients managed nonoperatively have been excluded from risk-adjusted
benchmarking programs, including the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National …

Background Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) and gastric oncologic operations are frequently
performed at referral centers. Postoperatively, many patients experience care fragmentation …

Abstract Purpose of Review This review describes the evolution of quality improvement in
trauma from the creation of the Committee on Trauma's (COT) Optimal Hospital Resources …

Importance Current surgical quality metrics might be insufficient to fully judge the quality of
certain operations because they are not procedure specific. Hypocalcemia, recurrent …