New standards for children’s
surgery verification released
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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Children’s
Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program
recently released its latest standards document,
Optimal Resources for Children’s Surgical Care. These
standards, developed by the ACS in collaboration
with the Task Force for Children’s Surgical Care
from 2012 through 2014, are the nation’s first and
only multispecialty standards that seek to improve
surgical care for pediatric surgical patients.
“This is the first time that there has been a
formal delineation of resource standards that relate
specifically to children’s surgical care across all
relevant disciplines,” said Keith T. Oldham, MD,
FACS, chair, Children’s Surgery Verification Quality
Improvement Program, and surgeon in chief,
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
The pilot phase of the program launched in April
2015. Within one month, six pilot site visits were
completed at diverse institutions nationwide. The final
document includes revisions to the 2014 draft standards
and updates from lessons learned during the pilot phase
of the program, such as the need for alternative training
pathways for anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and
radiology. The new standards also clearly define the
safety data elements required for all level designations.
The new standards document comes in advance
of the online application—a pre-review questionnaire
for centers seeking designation through the
Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement
Program—expected to launch later this year.
“The standards presented in this document are
the basis for the Children’s Surgery Verification
Quality Improvement Program, for which the ACS
will visit centers periodically and verify that relevant
standards are met and related quality improvement
mechanisms are in place,” Dr. Oldham said.
To access the standards, visit
facs.org/quality-programs/childrens-surgery-verification/standards. ♦
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