title: Monitoring surgical performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. blackse@cf.org
authors.forename: Eugene H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Blackstone
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000592:standards*