ACS NSQIP

The Vital Importance of Data

Many hospitals have trouble tracking surgical complications and may lack the data necessary to analyze and take appropriate steps to fix problem areas. You can’t improve quality if you can’t measure it, and to measure quality, you need robust, valid data. This is why you need ACS NSQIP®.

How NSQIP Is Different

ACS NSQIP uses data that are:

From the patient’s medical chart, not insurance claims. Claims data are limited, inconsistent and subject to interpretation when used to measure quality.
Risk-adjusted. NSQIP data is risk-adjusted, based on models in use for more than 20 years.
Case mix-adjusted. We account for the complexity of operations performed, allowing for more accurate national benchmarking.
Based on 30-day patient outcomes. NSQIP tracks patients for 30 days after their operation, providing a more complete picture of their care.

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NSQIP + the ACS Quality Verification Program (QVP)

ACS NSQIP QVP is a standards-based verification program designed to help sites improve quality across surgical departments. The program assesses the structures put in place at hospitals to enable quality improvement, and how our data in particular is utilized to help drive quality improvement.

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NSQIP + the ACS Quality Verification Program (QVP)

NSQIP Collaboratives

More than 600 hospitals come together in our collaboratives to:

Share data
Discuss best practices
Identify quality improvement opportunities
Design quality improvement initiatives
Measure results

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NSQIP News

Press Release

Understanding the Value of a Physician’s Intuition when Assessing Risk Factors for Surgery

February 23, 2023

A new study in JACS analyzed how a surgeon’s intuition compares with the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator for predicting patient outcomes after surgery.

ACS Bulletin