Optimizing Resources in Children's Surgical Care: An Update on the American College of Surgeons' Verification Program

Kasper S. Wang; James Cummings; Ann Stark; Constance Houck; Keith Oldham; Catherine Grant; Mary Fallat; Committee on Fetus and Newborn

doi:10.1542/peds.2020-0708

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Optimizing Resources in Children's Surgical Care: An Update on the American College of Surgeons' Verification Program

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Optimizing Resources in Children's Surgical Care: An Update on the American College of Surgeons' Verification Program

Kasper S. Wang, James Cummings, Ann Stark, Constance Houck, Keith Oldham, Catherine Grant, Mary Fallat and Committee on Fetus and Newborn

Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.145(5), p.1

05/01/2020

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-0708

PMID: 32312909

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Abstract

Surgical procedures are performed in the United States in a wide variety of clinical settings and with variation in clinical outcomes. In May 2012, the Task Force for Children's Surgical Care, an ad hoc multidisciplinary group comprising physicians representing specialties relevant to pediatric perioperative care, was convened to generate recommendations to optimize the delivery of children's surgical care. This group generated a white paper detailing the consensus opinions of the involved experts. Following these initial recommendations, the American College of Surgeons (ACS), Children's Hospital Association, and Task Force for Children's Surgical Care, with input from all related perioperative specialties, developed and published specific and detailed resource and quality standards designed to improve children's surgical care (). In 2015, with the endorsement of the American Academy of Pediatrics (), the ACS established a pilot verification program. In January 2017, after completion of the pilot program, the ACS Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program was officially launched. Verified sites are listed on the program Web site at , and more than 150 are interested in verification. This report provides an update on the ACS Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program as it continues to evolve.

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Title: Subtitle: Optimizing Resources in Children's Surgical Care: An Update on the American College of Surgeons' Verification Program
Creators: Kasper S. Wang - Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
James Cummings - Albany Medical Center Hospital
Ann Stark - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Constance Houck - Boston Children's Hospital
Keith Oldham - Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Catherine Grant - American College of Surgeons
Mary Fallat - University of Louisville
Committee on Fetus and Newborn
Contributors: Stephen Hays (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Anesthesia
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.145(5), p.1
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-0708
PMID: 32312909
NLM abbreviation: Pediatrics
ISSN: 0031-4005
eISSN: 1098-4275
Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
Number of pages: 7
Language: English
Date published: 05/01/2020
Academic Unit: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Anesthesia
Record Identifier: 9984296135202771

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