(Weber Shandwick Worldwide) Two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program were recently endorsed by the National Quality Forum. The two measures, surgical site infection and urinary tract infection, were developed by ACS in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as possible national outcomes measures that could be adopted by the governmental body as early as 2015.
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