Local Surgical Teams Among Best-Performers in North America! September 2013. Two British Columbian hospitals have been awarded for their outstanding results in surgical patient care. Lions Gate Hospital and Victoria General Hospital have both been recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) for having the best outcomes in a group of nine key surgical measures. Only 37 out of 374 participating hospitals in North America received the “Meritorious” status. Ramesh Sahjpaul is delighted because the success at Lions Gate Hospital, where he’s the NSQIP team’s surgeon champion, required improvement from numerous team members that care for patients – from physicians and nurses to physiotherapists and respiratory therapists. Surgical teams have improved how patients with complicated issues are prepared for surgery; they also use the surgical checklist to minimize mistakes and encourage communication. “Efforts to improve patient safety and outcomes are now bearing fruit,” Sahjpaul said. “It reminds people that we’re on the right track and we have hard evidence to show that we’re doing the right thing.” At Victoria General Hospital, NSQIP team surgeon champion Johann Cunningham gives credit to the frontline surgical team members who work with patients day and night. Nurses led the charge to improve the surgical unit’s behaviours and culture so that process changes would have a chance to be embedded into routines. “Just as you brush your teeth in the morning, you make sure the patient gets the right thing, in the right place, at the right time. Our patients are better off.”
Posted on: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:54:07 +0000
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