September 2011 Bulletin
Features
ACS Launches Inspiring Quality tour in Chicago (615K PDF)
Hospital puts ACS NSQIP to the test and improves patient safety (695K PDF)
Is there a role for race in science and medicine? (175K PDF)
ACS eases the pain of palliative care (250K PDF)
Accountable care organizations: A primer for surgeons (315K PDF)
Governors' Committee on Surgical Infections and Environmental Risks: An Update (115K PDF)
Departments
News
In memoriam: C. Rollins Hanlon, MD, FACS, remembered (205K PDF)
Layton Rikkers, MD, FACS, named Editor-in-Chief of Surgery News (145K PDF)
New Director of Integrated Communications announced (75K PDF)
Official Notice: Annual Business Meeting of Members, American College of Surgeons (75K PDF)
Rural surgery symposium and skills course held in Chicago (205K PDF)
Can you identify old photos in the ACS Archives? (595K PDF)
$750,000 grant funds physician shortage tracking tool (45K PDF)
Managing the transition between clinical and nonclinical roles to be addressed at Congress (45K PDF)
ACOSOG news: ACOSOG in ACTION (95K PDF)
A look at The Joint Commission: TJC Center takes on wrong site surgery prevention (285K PDF)
NTDB data points: Precious cargo (290K PDF)
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Online August 31, 2011