Inspiring Quality Forum March 2, 2012 San Diego California |
On Friday, March 2, more than 100 participants attended the ACS Surgical Health Care Quality Forum San Diego at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA. ACS President-Elect A. Brent Eastman, MD, FACS, chief medical officer and corporate senior vice president, Scripps Health, moderated the forum, with keynote speaker ACS Executive Director, David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS, who explained the four quality measures that are driving the ACS Inspiring Quality initiative. Panelists discussed San Diego County's trauma system, which Drs. Eastman and Hoyt helped develop more than 30 years ago, as becoming a prototype for building successful quality improvement programs, such as the College's National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®). Learn more about how ACS is Inspriring Quality.
Clinical Congress
Joining Forces
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The American College of Surgeons is “joining forces" to help arm surgeons with the skills they need to provide appropriate, compassionate care to wounded warriors. Joining Forces is an initiative spearheaded by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden, EdD, to ensure that veterans have access to jobs, higher education, and quality health care services.
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Coding
Coding Workshops
ACS Coding Workshops are designed to help general surgeons and their staff learn coding skills while earning continuing education credits.
- Coding Hotline - 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST) , Monday through Friday, holidays excluded.
- CPT and ICD-9 Coding for Surgical Residents and New Surgeons in Practice (5500K PDF)
Advocacy
March 25-27, 2012
J.W. Marriott Washington, DC
The Summit will provide Fellows with advocacy training, in-depth issue briefings, and culminates in hundreds of surgeons blanketing Capitol Hill to meet with their members of Congress to advocate for issues such as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), liability reform, and many others.
The 2012 Leadership Conference, Surgical Leadership for Quality and Safety, will be held March 25-26 in tandem with the Summit. Separate, concurrent sessions are planned for Young Surgeons, Residents, Chapter Leaders, and Chapter Executives (Administrators and Executive Directors).
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