The Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration has published its quality report for the first quarter of 2011.
The report features aggregated performance data for six ASC facility-level quality measures developed by the ASCQC and endorsed by the National Quality Forum. They are as follows:
- Patient fall in the ASC
- Patient burn
- Hospital transfer/admission
- Wrong site, side, patient, procedure, implant
- Prophylactic IV antibiotic timing
- Appropriate surgical site hair removal
The report includes data from 1,255 ASCs — including 732 multi-specialty ASCs and 523 single-specialty ASCs. All states are represented except Vermont and West Virginia.
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The following organizations collected and submitted clinical quality data reflecting patient admissions from Jan. 1 through March 31: ASC Association; Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America; AmSurg; Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program; Health Inventures; HCA Ambulatory Surgery Division; National Surgical Care (acquired by AmSurg); Nueterra; Surgical Care Affiliates; Symbion and United Surgical Partners International.
View the latest ASCQC quality report.
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