Seventy-eight ACS NSQIP® participating hospitals recognized for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care

CHICAGO: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) has recognized 78 of an eligible 607 hospitals participating in the adult program for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2021. ACS NSQIP participating hospitals are required to track the outcomes of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures; these outcomes are then analyzed by ACS and reported back to hospitals. These results inform patient safety initiatives within the hospital and impact the quality of surgical care for all patients.

The ACS NSQIP recognition program commends a select group of hospitals for achieving a meritorious composite score in either an “All Cases” category or a category which includes only “High Risk” surgical cases. Each composite score was determined through a different weighted formula combining eight potential adverse outcomes. Outcomes in the following eight clinical areas were evaluated:

Mortality
Cardiac: cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction
Pneumonia
Unplanned Intubation
Ventilator use for more than 48 hours
Renal Failure
Surgical Site Infection (SSI): superficial incisional SSI, deep incisional SSI, and organ/space SSI
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

Although only performance in calendar year 2021 was evaluated for the 2022 meritorious lists, a hospital must have submitted at least one case in each of the calendar years of 2019, 2020, and 2021 to be eligible for consideration on either list. Of the 685 NSQIP hospitals participating in 2021, 607 met the three-year criteria to be eligible for meritorious consideration.

“The hospitals on our meritorious lists are demonstrating a real commitment to using data to improve the surgical care they provide their patients. They deserve special recognition for their commitment to quality improvement,” said Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, FASCRS, Director of the ACS Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care. “ACS NSQIP is the only nationally validated quality improvement program that measures and enhances the care of surgical patients. By examining its data related to other hospitals, a hospital can readily identify areas where they need to improve and put action plans in place to do it.”

Seventy-eight hospitals achieved the distinction based on an outstanding composite quality score, calculated from risk-adjusted data from the July 2022 ACS NSQIP Semiannual Report, which presents data from the 2021 calendar year. These scores were used to determine which hospitals demonstrated meritorious outcomes.

Forty hospitals are recognized on both the “All Cases” and “High Risk” lists
Twenty-one hospitals are on the “All Cases” list only
Twenty-one hospitals are on the “High Risk” list only

The meritorious hospitals represent approximately ten percent of the 607 ACS NSQIP eligible hospitals.* These meritorious hospitals are eligible to display these achievements amongst their staff and within their institutions.

View a listing of the recognized hospitals.

ACS NSQIP measures the actual surgical results 30 days postoperatively as well as risk adjusts patient characteristics to compensate for differences among patient populations and acuity levels. The goal of ACS NSQIP is to reduce surgical morbidity (infection or illness related to a surgical procedure) and surgical mortality (death related to a surgical procedure) and to provide a firm foundation for surgeons to apply what is known as the “best scientific evidence” to the practice of surgery.

“Not only can ACS NSQIP help hospitals save lives by reducing surgical morbidity and mortality, it can also help hospitals improve their operations and reduce healthcare costs that can occur when adverse events happen,” Dr. Ko said. “There are currently more than 850 adult and pediatric hospitals participating in ACS NSQIP and we are proud to support them in their quality improvement journey.”

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* Eighty-two hospitals achieved meritorious outcomes. However, four hospitals did not consent to their names being released, leaving 78 hospitals on the final list.

About the American College of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and improve the quality of care for all surgical patients. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has approximately 90,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. "FACS" designates that a surgeon is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

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ACS NSQIP Meritorious Hospitals (January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021)

AdventHealth Altamonte Springs ^AC
Altamonte Springs, FL

AdventHealth Celebration ^AC
Kissimmee, FL

AdventHealth Waterman ^{AC HR}
Tavares, FL

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center ^{AC HR}
Oakland, CA

Anne Arundel Medical Center ^{AC HR}
Annapolis, MD

Baptist Health Baptist Hospital in Miami ^{* HR}
Miami, FLBaptist

Memorial Healthcare Memphis ^{* AC HR}
Memphis, TN

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center ^AC
Houston, TX

Brooke Army Medical Center ^{* AC HR}
Fort Sam Houston, TX

Carle Foundation Hospital ^AC
Urbana, IL

Cleveland Clinic Foundation ^{* AC HR}
Cleveland, OH

Cooper University Hospital ^{AC HR}
Camden, NJ

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center ^{* AC}
Lebanon, NH

David Grant USAF Medical Center ^{* AC HR}
Travis AFB, CA

Duke University Hospital ^{* HR}
Durham, NC

El Paso County Hospital District d/b/a
University Medical Center of El Paso ^{* AC HR}
El Paso, TX

Evans Army Community Hospital ^{* AC}Fort Carson, CO

Fox Chase Cancer Center ^{AC HR}Philadelphia, PA

Henry Ford Hospital ^HRDetroit, MI

Humber River Hospital ^{AC HR}Toronto, ON

Huntington Health ^{* AC}Pasadena, CA

International Medical Center ^ACJeddah, Saudi Arabia

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center ^{* AC HR}
Baltimore, MD

Kaiser Foundation Hospital San Francisco ^{AC HR}San Francisco, CA

Kaiser Foundation Hospital Vallejo ^HR
Vallejo, CA

Lakeridge Health ^AC
Oshawa, ON

Logan Health Medical Center ^AC
Kalispell, MT

Massachusetts General Hospital ^{* AC HR}
Boston, MA

Mayo Clinic Health System – Franciscan Medical Center, Inc. ^{* HR}
La Crosse, WI

Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire Hospital, Inc. ^{* AC HR}
Eau Claire, WI

Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center ^HR
Houston, TX

Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital ^HR
The Woodlands, TX

Memorial Hospital Pembroke ^HR
Pembroke Pines, FL

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ^{* AC, HR}
New York, NY

Missouri Baptist Medical Center, BJC Healthcare ^{AC, HR}
Saint Louis, MO

Mount Sinai Beth Israel ^{AC, HR}
New York, NY

Mount Sinai Hospital ^{* HR}
Toronto, ON

Natividad Medical Center ^{AC, HR}
Salinas, CA

Nepean Hospital ^HR
Kingswood, Australia

New York – Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital ^HR
Brooklyn, NY

New York – Presbyterian/Queens ^HR
Flushing, NY

North Mississippi Medical Center Inc.^AC
Tupelo, MS

North York General Hospital ^{* AC, HR}
Toronto, ON

Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital ^{* AC}
DeKalb, IL

NYU Langone Hospital – Long Island ^{* AC, HR}
Mineola, NY

NYU Langone Hospitals ^{* AC, HR}
New York, NY

Oak Valley Health, Markham Stouffville Hospital ^{* AC, HR}
Markham, ON

Overlook Medical Center (Atlantic Health) ^{AC, HR}
Summit, NJ

Pali Momi Medical Center ^{AC, HR}
Aiea, HI

Parkview Hospital ^{AC, HR}
Fort Wayne, IN

Port Macquarie Base Hospital ^{AC, HR}
Port Macquarie, Australia

Prince of Wales Hospital ^HR
Sydney, Australia

Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital ^HR
Greenville, SC

Providence Portland Medical Center ^{* AC, HR}
Portland, OR

Red Deer Regional Hospital ^{* AC, HR}
Red Deer, AB

Regional One Health ^{AC, HR}
Memphis, TN

Saint Joseph Hospital Health Center ^HR
Syracuse, NY

Southlake Regional Health Centre ^AC
Newmarket, ON

Stamford Hospital ^{* HR}
Stamford, CT

Straub Medical Center^{* AC, HR}
Honolulu, HI

Sutter Bay Hospitals d/b/a
California Pacific Medical Center ^{* HR}
San Francisco, CA

Sutter Bay Hospitals dba
Mills – Peninsula Medical Center ^{AC, HR}
Burlingame, CA

Taipei Medical University Hospital ^AC
Taipei, Taiwan

Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus ^AC
Philadelphia, PA

The Mount Sinai Hospital ^{* AC}
New York, NY

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center ^{* AC, HR}
Houston, TX

University of California Irvine Medical Center ^{AC, HR}
Orange, CA

University of Washington Medical Center ^{AC, HR}
Seattle, WA

UPMC Passavant – McCandless ^{* AC}
Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC Presbyterian^{* AC, HR}
Pittsburgh, PA

UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside Hospital – Presbyterian Campus ^{* HR}
Pittsburgh, PA

Vanderbilt University Hospital ^{* HR}
Nashville, TN

Vassar Brothers Medical Center ^AC
Poughkeepsie, NY

Ventura County Medical Center ^{* AC}
Ventura, CA

West Kendall Baptist Hospital^HR
Miami, FL

White Plains Hospital Center ^{AC, HR}
White Plains, NY

Wilcox Medical Center^{* AC}
Lihue, HI

Yuma Regional Medical Center ^{AC, HR}
Yuma, AZ

^AC All Cases Meritorious List

^HR High Risk Meritorious List

* Hospital has received recognition for two or more consecutive years

Seventy-eight ACS NSQIP® participating hospitals recognized for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care

Recognized hospitals are deemed “meritorious” for their composite quality scores in eight surgical care outcome areas

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