title: Quality assessment and improvement in colon and rectal surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont 05401, USA.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hyman
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D003107:Colorectal Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States