title: The future is now.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Meakins
mesh_terms: D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs