Quality
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Quality- Key Concepts
- Introduction: What Is Quality?
- Measuring Quality
- Quality Measurement: Making the Right Choices
- Process Versus Outcome Measures
- Registry Versus Administrative Data
- Evaluative Versus Transactional Data
- Composite Versus Single Outcomes
- Unadjusted Versus Risk-Adjusted Outcomes
- Final Words on Quality Measurement
- Quality Improvement
- Organizational Culture and Quality and Safety
- Alternative Payment Models
- National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer
- National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
- Conclusion
- References
Understanding Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: Definitions, Treatments, and Ways to Improve Quality of Life
Benign Disease- For quality assurance of the completeness of a colonoscopy, it is mandatory to achieve which of the following?
- A 51-year-old healthy female without family history of colorectal cancer presents for her first screening colonoscopy. Which of the following colonoscopy quality measures is most strongly associated with the reduced risk of interval colorectal cancer and disease-related mortality?
- A 65-year-old man who underwent a recent colostomy for fecal incontinence presents to your office with a symptomatic parastomal hernia, despite multiple appliance changes. What is the best step for definitive treatment?
- Miscellaneous
- A hospital is designing a quality improvement project to lower their surgical site intection rate using National Surgical Quality Improvement Data (NSQIP) data. Which type of data will they be using?
- You have been asked to develop a quality improvement plan for your surgical department. As you view topics of interest to investigate, which of the following statements are correct?
Benign Disease- Endoscopy
- Sexual Function After Colorectal Surgery in Women
- Pelvic Floor
- Malignancy
ASCRS Toolkit- Rectal Cancer: Local Excision
- Healthcare Economics
- Management of Anorectal Abscess, Fistula-in-Ano, and Rectovaginal Fistula (2022)
- Management of Colon Cancer (2022)
- Management of Fecal Incontinence (2023)
- Minimally Invasive Complete Mesocolic Excision with Extended Lymphadenectomy for Colon Cancer
- Management of Colonic Volvulus and Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction (2021)
- Male Genitourinary Dysfunction as a Consequence of Colorectal Surgery
Finding the Left Ureter in Diverticulitis or Obesity- Colonic Diverticular Disease
- Measuring Pelvic Floor Disorder Symptoms Using Patient-Reported Instruments
Ostomy Complications and Management- Management of Rectal Cancer (2020)
- Rectal Cancer Pathology Assessment
- Enhanced Recovery After Colon and Rectal Surgery from ASCRS and SAGES (2023)
- Colorectal Cancer: Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy and Surveillance
- Ostomy Surgery (2022)
- Welcome to Litigation
- Colorectal Surgery and the Older Adult: How to Optimize Surgical Care for Geriatric Patients
- Optimizing Outcomes with Enhanced Recovery
- Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS)
- Intestinal Stomas
- Treatment of Rectal Prolapse (2017)
- Crohn’s Disease: Surgical Management
- Reduction of Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Colorectal Surgery (2023)
- Malignancy
- Surgical Treatment of Patients With Lynch Syndrome (2017)
- Ambulatory Anorectal Surgery (2015)
- Rectal Cancer: Nonoperative Management
- Management of Hemorrhoids (2024)
- Evaluation and Management of Chronic Constipation (2024)
- Miscellaneous
- Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis (2018)