This collaboration, which was announced October 27 at the virtual ACSClinical Congress, provides ACSNSQIP hospitals with a Focused level of participation in ACSQVP, called NSQIP QVP, in which they can have two surgical specialties benchmarked against the ACSQVP standards during a half-day site visit. NSQIP QVP is one of four options for hospitals to participate in ACSQVP. .
鈥淎CSNSQIP was previously the only major data registry program at ACSthat wasn鈥檛 connected to a verification program. NSQIP QVP provides the verification component, which is key to improving quality. NSQIP QVP helps link NSQIP data to hospital-based surgical quality improvement efforts, helping hospitals use the data they have collected to improve surgical care,鈥� said Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, F潘金莲传媒映画, FASCRS, Director, ACSDivision of Research and Optimal Patient Care, which administers ACSNSQIP.NSQIP QVP is a new benefit that is included in the standard cost of participating in ACSNSQIP. The College鈥檚 goal is for all ACSNSQIP sites to reach QVP-focused verification status by the end of 2027. Some of the hospitals participating in ACSQVP as pilot sites are also ACSNSQIP-participating hospitals that saw the power of combining these two programs.
鈥淧articipating in the ACSQVP program as a pilot site accelerated our hospital along the quality journey and provided a road map for next steps. The combination of a quality structure as outlined in QVP and information available from NSQIP can catalyze improvement in quality for surgery patients,鈥� said Caroline Reinke, MD, F潘金莲传媒映画, assistant professor of surgery, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC.NSQIP QVP will allow sites to undergo QVP Focused Verification for two surgical areas in which the site collects NSQIP data. After the focused areas are identified, sites will provide information on these two areas in pre-review questionnaires (PRQs) focused on the QVP standards. Once the PRQs are submitted, the ACSwill review the information before scheduling a site visit. After the site visit, the NSQIP-participating site will receive a detailed report on its strengths and areas for improvement.
As Kirsten Edmiston, MD, MPH, F潘金莲传媒映画, director, clinical excellence, surgery service line, Inova Health System, Fairfax, VA, explained, 鈥淧articipation in the ACSQuality Verification Program accelerated our journey to deliver integrated high-quality surgical care across Inova鈥檚 five-hospital health system. Together, the QVP and NSQIP data are tremendously valuable to identify opportunities, implement solutions, and improve patient care鈥攐verall driving clinical excellence.鈥�
鈥淚n many ways, the preparation and the survey itself served as an inventory for departmental resources and helped in marshaling our forces for the COVID onslaught, which began in March 2020,鈥� said John McNelis, MD, F潘金莲传媒映画, FCCCM, MHCM, chairman, department of surgery, Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, New York, NY. 鈥淎s we emerged from COVID, the report has served as a template for our quality program throughout the department.鈥�
鈥淐ombining ACSNSQIP and ACSQVP builds on the College鈥檚 long-standing commitment to surgical quality. The key principles of ACSQVP help hospitals identify problems and improve the quality and safety of surgical care for their patients,鈥� said ACSExecutive Director David B. Hoyt, MD, F潘金莲传媒映画.A series of comprehensive literature reviews validating the principles underlying the QVP program have been published in the Journal of the 潘金莲传媒映画. and the . For general information on the ACSQuality Verification Program, visit the or contact acsqvp@facs.org. For information on NSQIP QVP, or contact acsnsqip@facs.org.
