Update/Add CEO and Marketing Contacts to QPort

The ACS Surgical Quality Partner designation will be officially rolling out this summer. To launch the communications toolkit successfully, we need contact information for accredited programs’ marketing/ communications team and leadership.

Participants in an ACS Quality Program—including the Commission on Cancer (CoC), the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), and the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC)—have earned the novel distinction of Surgical Quality Partner. Designation as a Surgical Quality Partner means that your institution is dedicated to surgical quality and is committed to maintaining high standards in surgical care.

To help showcase participation in ACS Quality Programs to your patients and community, a Surgical Quality Partner communications toolkit will soon be available. Programs will be able to use this online toolkit to highlight participation and display the ACS Surgical Quality Partner diamond in their hospitals. When patients see this distinctive mark, they will know they are receiving care at an institution that is committed to quality.

In order to keep the marketing contacts and CEOs at accredited programs informed about the Surgical Quality Partner designation rollout, the primary contact from each accredited program should:

1. Log in to the Quality Portal (QPort).
2. Navigate to “Site Contacts” using the left-hand side menu.
3. Add a new contact (or update an existing contact) and designate that person’s role as “Marketing Contact” or “CEO,” then click “Save.”

If you have any questions about the Surgical Quality Partner designation or Power of Quality campaign, please don’t hesitate to reach out to SQP@facs.org.