The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Defining Quality in Surgery....Pages 3-13
Never Events....Pages 15-23
Creating a Surgical Dashboard for Quality....Pages 25-33
Patient-Centered Outcomes: Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Life Assessment....Pages 35-40
Quality, Safety, and the Electronic Medical Record....Pages 41-52
Leading and Managing Change: Systems Improvement....Pages 53-63
Surgical Timeout and Retained Foreign Bodies – Patient Safety in the Operating Room....Pages 65-76
SAGES Laparoscopic Surgery Safety Checklist....Pages 77-84
Faculty Hour: A Model for Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement in the Perioperative Setting....Pages 85-92
Creating Effective Communication and Teamwork for Patient Safety....Pages 93-104
Clinical Care Pathways....Pages 105-109
Data Drives Quality: ACS–NSQIP....Pages 111-118
Clinical Research Improves Patient Care....Pages 119-126
National Patient Safety Guidelines....Pages 127-135
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
Taxonomy of Errors: Adverse Event/Near Miss Analysis....Pages 139-145
Disclosure of Complications and Error....Pages 147-154
Second Opinion and Transfer of Care....Pages 155-159
Morbidity and Mortality Conference....Pages 161-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Preoperative Risk Assessment: Anesthesia....Pages 167-175
Preoperative Cardiac Considerations in General Surgical Patients....Pages 177-183
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Pulmonary Effects of Obesity and Assessment for Bariatric Surgery....Pages 185-190
Contraindications to Laparoscopy....Pages 191-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Common Complications and Management....Pages 199-206
Common Endoscopic Complications: Recognition and Management....Pages 207-221
Energy and Energy Safety in the Operating Room....Pages 223-229
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Complications and Management....Pages 231-240
Antireflux Surgery for GERD....Pages 241-247
Complications of Bariatric Surgery....Pages 249-271
Complications in Colorectal Surgery....Pages 273-293
Solid Organ Surgery....Pages 295-310
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Complications and Management....Pages 311-322
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: Complications and Management....Pages 323-333
Robotic Surgical Outcomes and Safety....Pages 335-346
Complications in Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 347-354
NOTES: Common Complications and Management....Pages 355-366
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Quality and Safety in the American College of Surgeons....Pages 369-378
The Institute of Medicine: Crossing the Quality Chasm....Pages 379-386
Using Patient Safety Indicators as Benchmarks....Pages 387-390
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Best Practices....Pages 391-396
SAGES History and Commitment to Education and Safety....Pages 397-404
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Standardizing Surgical Education: Implications for Quality of Care....Pages 407-416
Training Standards/Fellowship Council....Pages 417-423
Accreditation Standards: Bariatric Surgery and Beyond....Pages 425-439
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Team Training....Pages 443-449
Training to Proficiency....Pages 451-459
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery-FLS....Pages 461-471
Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 473-484
Fundamentals for Use of Safe Energy....Pages 485-488
Simulation and OR Team Performance....Pages 489-499
Debriefing After Simulation....Pages 501-506
Using Simulation for Disclosure of Bad News....Pages 507-511
Teleproctoring in Surgery....Pages 513-517
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
Informed Consent....Pages 521-528
Enterprise Risk Management....Pages 529-539
Surgical Devices: Equipment Malfunction, FDA Reporting, Off-Label Use....Pages 541-546
Video Recording: Responsibility and Liability....Pages 547-552
Minimizing Medical Malpractice Exposure....Pages 553-567
The Expert Witness and Tort Reform....Pages 569-573
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
The Culture of Safety and the Era of Better Practices....Pages 577-578
Back Matter....Pages 579-597