Development of an emergency general surgery process improvement program.

Conclusion: Overall patient volume and PI events post EGS PI program initiation exceeded those prior to implementation. These data suggest that extending trauma PI principles to EGS may be beneficial in maintaining inter-war military and/or lower volume trauma center readiness. PMID: 29977337 [PubMed]

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Source: Patient Safety in Surgery - July 7, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Bradley MJ, Kindvall AT, Humphries AE, Jessie EM, Oh JS, Malone DM, Bailey JA, Perdue PW, Elster EA, Rodriguez CJ Tags: Patient Saf Surg Source Type: research

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