CQI Background
Mission
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), formerly the Office of Evidence-Based Surgery, promotes the highest standards of surgical care through evaluation of surgical outcomes in clinical practice. CQI provides the infrastructure for conducting health services research and clinical research, outcome studies, meta-analyses, research hypothesis generation, and the development of evidence-based practice guidelines at the American College of Surgeons. This area also collaborates with the Divisions of Education and Advocacy and Health Policy to provide educational programs and promote public policy initiatives in clinical research and forms partnerships with outside groups and organizations involved in evaluation of surgical outcomes.
Office of Evidence-Based Surgery charts course for improved system of care (155K PDF)
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Committees Staffed by CQI
The Committee on Perioperative Care is a standing committee of the American College of Surgeons serving as the primary resource to the College, the profession, the community, and the government on topics concerning perioperative care.
Committee on Perioperative Care
The Surgical Research Committee is a standing committee of the College concerned with matters addressing the progress of academic surgery and the funding, content, and direction of surgical research as it pertains to improving the care of patients.
Revised May 23, 2011