Discover the Power of Value at the 2024 Quality and Safety Conference

Professionals dedicated to achieving high-quality surgical care and patient safety, including all members of the surgical team, are invited to attend the 2024 ACS Quality and Safety Conference, July 18–21 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver. Registration is now open.

This year, the conference theme is the Power of Value: Expanding Your Impact. Surgeons, nurses, and quality improvement (QI) professionals from around the world will convene to share their perspectives on the value of quality and safety. Sessions are designed to put attendees in conversation with other leaders, from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, about how to define, measure, and sustain improvements in surgical care.

The Quality and Safety Conference offers educational, interactive sessions meant to provide QI professionals with knowledge and tools they can take back to their home institutions. Attendees can engage directly with staff from the ACS Quality Programs—the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program^®, Quality Verification Program, and more—to learn how to meet and exceed standards.

Five optional, preconference workshops will provide hands-on experiences:

• “QI Basics” will teach the fundamentals of quality improvement projects.
• “How to Not Fail at Failing: Mastering the Art of Learning from Failure in QI” will delve into how to recover from QI setbacks.
• “From Apprentice to Master” will promote data abstraction techniques and tools for novice surgical clinical reviewers (SCRs) in all programs, as well as metabolic bariatric SCRs.
• “Harmonizing Excellence: A Symphony of QI” will review how to not only implement QI solutions but maintain them.
• “Health Services Research Methods” will offer practical experience with taking health services and outcomes research from start to finish.

Attendees also can take part in “Measuring Value—From Stakeholder to Stakeholder”—a new general session workshop. During this session, faculty will lead an exercise that allows peers to engage in discussions on what is currently being measured in their programs, areas for opportunity, lessons learned, and actionable next steps.

Other Conference Highlights

A record number of abstracts was submitted this year, as the submission criteria were expanded to include abstracts from a greater number of surgical disciplines. This year, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses and the American Society of Anesthesiologists have been invited to each host a breakout session highlighting their initiatives.

To foster networking, several dedicated social events are planned:

• The Welcome Reception will be held Friday, July 19, on the Colorado Convention Center’s Rooftop Terrace, which features breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains.
• On Saturday, July 20, attendees will be able to speak with the authors during the Abstract Reception and Networking Event.

An opportunity to earn Continuing Medical Education and Continuing Nursing Education credits will be available.

Visit facs.org/qsc2024 to learn more.