title: Reply to letter: "Surgical statistics: let's act fast and grasp the opportunity".
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shahian
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D006801:Humans; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013043:Specialties, Surgical / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality*