Surgical Quality Consortium 2024

The Military Health System (MHS) Surgical Quality Consortium (SQC) Meeting is intended to support the ongoing development and member needs of the MHS SQC. The SQC was chartered to provide guidance and governance on issues related to surgical quality and serves as an advocating body over the Department of Defense National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (DOD-NSQIP) collaborative to include Pediatric NSQIP.

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Program Objectives

Topics cover the following major key areas:

Overview of enterprise-wide surgical quality efforts
Developing a surgical quality program within a facility
Ongoing training in the use of NSQIP
Addressing surgical quality topics such as ambulatory, bariatric, and pediatric surgery
Addressing universal surgical quality topics, such as prevention of sentinel events
Developing a future direction for the SQC, including a possible MHS-wide quality project

Expected deliverables:

Functional sustainment of the SQC
Informing and supporting the development of MHS-wide surgical quality projects consistent with a quality collaborative
Expanding the network of surgical quality experts within the MHS and increasing shared knowledge through discussions of best practices
Continued assessment of the needs of the membership to inform future meetings

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. All reported conflicts are managed by a designated official to ensure a bias-free presentation. Please view the complete disclosure list here.

Surgical Quality Consortium

27-28 February 2024 | Chicago, IL