title: New approaches to the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: the American College of Surgeons experience.
abstract: In honor of the seminal contributions of Dr. Shukri Khuri to the foundation and development of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), a review of recent work and new directions within the American College of Surgeons (ACS) NSQIP is presented, according to the following outline:
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Surgery, Olin Business School, and Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. Hallb@wustl.edu
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingraham
authors.forename: Clifford Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ko
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States