Journal article
Quality improvement in surgical oncology – Measuring and improving clinical outcomes
Abstract
Deliberate quality improvement in surgical oncology can optimize patient outcomes, by ensuring the application of current best knowledge and practice to our patients. We hypothesize that effective projects should support surgeons performing cancer operations, and avoid the prevalent tendency to focus on identifying 'bad apples' or surgeons not meeting a pre-set bar of performance. As well, the overall quality effort must be data driven. A …
Authors
Simunovic M; Baxter N
Journal
Surgical Oncology, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 179–183
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.suronc.2011.02.002
ISSN
0960-7404