Failure to Rescue: A New Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Metric for Cardiac Surgery

CONCLUSIONS: A new risk-adjusted FTR metric has been developed which complements existing STS performance measures. The metric specifically assesses institutional effectiveness of postoperative care, allowing hospitals to target quality improvement efforts.PMID:34242640 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.025

Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - July 9, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Paul A Kurlansky Sean M O'Brien Christina M Vassileva Kevin W Lobdell Fred H Edwards Jeffrey P Jacobs Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos Gaetano Paone James R Edgerton Vinod H Thourani Anthony P Furnary Victor A Ferraris Joseph C Cleveland Michael E Bowdish Donald Source Type: research