Surgical patients' mortality rates were lower at California hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program than at non-participating hospitals, according to a study reported by the American College of Surgeons.
ACS NSQIP is a quality improvement resource that includes a nationally benchmarked database of surgical outcomes.
Click here to read the full story on ACS NSQIP hospitals' surgical outcomes in Becker's ASC Review.