There Is Still Time to Submit an Abstract for the 2024 Quality and Safety Conference

The 2024 ACS Quality and Safety Conference (QSC), July 18–21 in Denver, Colorado, promises to be the year’s premier meeting on surgical quality and patient safety—and the deadline to submit an abstract and play a role in the meeting has been extended to Sunday, March 17.

In addition, to foster collaboration among all surgical disciplines, the requirements for this year’s abstracts have been expanded.

Abstracts may now use data from any nationally recognized quality registry sponsored by a surgical society. The requirement that data come from only ACS Quality Programs has been lifted. Whether you are from neurosurgery, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, or any other surgical specialty, you will find value at QSC. 

In addition to the data requirement, you are encouraged to submit a 250-word abstract for poster and/or podium presentation. The abstract should relate to surgical quality improvement initiatives, including the development, implementation, or validation of best practices. Operational best practices relating to data collection and reporting are also of interest. There is no limit on the number of abstracts per author.

Note that abstracts that have been submitted or recently presented at other meetings are eligible for presentation at the ACS Quality and Safety Conference.

Abstracts welcome in the following categories:

• Bariatric
• Cancer
• Collaboratives
• Education
• Efficiency and Value
• Emergency General Surgery (EGS)
• Environmental Sustainability in Surgery
• Geriatric
• Health Equity and Access
• Healthcare Informatics for Quality
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Surgery
• Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)/Patient Centeredness
• Pediatrics
• Policy
• Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Surgical Infection Control
• Surgical Potpourri
• Surgical Technology and Innovation
• Trauma/Acute Care
• Vascular

Access the portal and submit today.