ACS Launches New Quality Campaign

The ACS has announced the launch of its Power of Quality campaign—a national, multiyear campaign aimed at improving patient care by expanding the reach of ACS Quality Programs to more hospitals nationwide. These evidence-based programs improve patient outcomes, streamline hospital processes, and lower costs. Working closely with hospitals and surgeons, the ACS will also promote policy frameworks and incentives that keep quality at the forefront of patient care.

“ACS Quality Programs have consistently driven improved surgical care with participating hospitals. Through this campaign, we are working to ensure that every surgical patient has access to quality surgical care and that every hospital has the tools they need to support their surgeons, no matter where they reside in the country,” said Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, Executive Director and CEO of the ACS. “This is about much more than improving quality at a single hospital within a single specialty. It’s about raising the bar on quality across the entire healthcare system and working with hospitals and policymakers to support investments that will allow surgeons to do what they do best—deliver critical, quality care and improve the health of all patients.”