Below you can watch verified ACS QVP hospitals share their experience, register for featured monthly live webinars, watch past webinar series, and view brief Quick Takes to get started with the ACS QVP process. This page is updated regularly with new webinar content.
Hospitals in rural settings face unique challenges which require tailored solutions. In the below webinar, ACS Rural Committee members Brian Watkins, MD, MS, FACS and Matthew Schiralli, MD, FACS share their experience achieving ACS QVP verification in the Rochester Regional Health System. Dr. Watkins details how the ACS QVP supports Rochester Regional's quality goals and the benefits of using the ACS QVP as a tailored, systematic framework in the rural hospital setting.
This live webinar series shares key insights when developing a data-driven, hospital-wide surgical quality infrastructure using the ACS QVP. Each live webinar is a 30-minute presentation with Q&A, featuring quality leaders across ACS QVP-participating hospitals. Live webinars are recorded and posted on-demand below.
Surgical Quality: Fact vs. Fiction | 01:13:00
Friday, November 4, 2022
Speakers: Kirsten Edmiston, MD, MPH, FACS, Robert Winchell, MD, FACS, Caroline Reinke, MD, MSPH, FACS, Rachel Kelz, MD, MBA, MSCE, FACS
The ACS QVP hosted a four-part webinar series reviewing the 12 ACS QVP Standards. The series discusses the standards related to leadership, care, evaluation, and improvement.
Part I: Leadership | 01:03:00
June 3, 2022
Speaker: Peter Learn, MD, FACS, Col, USAF, Surgical Quality Officer Emeritus, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Part II: Care | 00:48:10
July 1, 2022
Speaker: Kirsten Edmiston, MD, MPH, FACS, Director of Clinical Excellence, Surgery Service Line, Inova Health System
Part III: Evaluation | 00:46:47
August 5, 2022
Speaker: Michael Chang, MD, FACS, Chief Medical Officer, USA Health
Part IV: Improvement | 00:39:40
September 2, 2022
Speaker: Lillian Kao, MD, MS, FACS, Vice Chair of Quality, Surgery, UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
Using the ACS QVP to Support Rural Hospitals | 01:00:30
February 3, 2023
Speakers: Brian Watkins, MD, FACS, Site Program Director of Surgical Residency, Eastern Region & Matthew Schiralli, MD, FACS, Chair of Surgery, Eastern Region, Rochester Regional Health System
Atrium Health Carolina's Medical Center, Charlotte, NC | 01:01:53
May 6, 2022
Speakers: Caroline Reinke, MD, MSHP, FACS, Surgical Quality Officer; Lori Lovelace Elks, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CPHQ, Outcomes Specialist, Women's Health and General Surgery Service Lines; Jessica Moore, RN, Performance Improvement Coordinator; Whitney White, Performance Improvement Coordinator; Tina Schoen, MBA, BSN, RN NEA-BC, CPHQ, FACHE, Director of Performance Improvement, & John Schooley, RN, Enterprise Group Vice President Quality at Atrium Health
UCSF Health, San Francisco, CA | 00:55:29
April 1, 2022
Speakers: Elizabeth Wick, MD, FACS, Surgical Quality Officer, Andrew Murr, MD, FACS, Chart Otolaryngology and Interim Surgical Executive & Amy Lu, MD, MPH, Chief Quality Officer, UCSF Health System
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX | 01:02:00
March 4, 2022
Speakers: Alessandro Fichera, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Surgical Quality Officer, and James Fleshman, MD, FASCRS, FACS, Chair of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center
Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, VA | 01:01:00
February 4, 2022
Speakers: Kirsten Edmiston, MD, MPH, FACS, Surgical Quality Officer, and Jennifer Ditto Kocis, MSN, RN, Director of Quality, Inova Health System
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
Speakers: Peter Learn, MD, FACS