Quality Improvement Resources

Explore ACS tools, programs, examples, and educational resources designed to help surgical teams assess performance, plan and implement improvement projects, build quality improvement skills, and sustain meaningful change. Whether you are launching a new initiative or strengthening an established program, these offerings provide practical support throughout the improvement journey.

Plan and Assess Improvement

Quality Framework

Assess organizational quality performance and identify focused opportunities for improvement using a practical set of tools.

EPoSSI Tool

Plan surgical improvement projects, align your team, and address common risks before implementation begins.

Standards Manuals

Review the requirements hospitals and centers must meet to earn ACS accreditation or verification.

Learn and Build QI Skills

QI Education

Build practical quality improvement knowledge and skills through courses and workshops for all experience levels.

ACS Quality Grand Rounds

Learn from ACS Quality Program participants as they share improvement projects, results, and lessons through live webinars.

Microlearning Videos

Strengthen your quality improvement knowledge through eight focused videos totaling just over 20 minutes.

Apply and Sustain Improvement

Case Study Repository

Explore real-world improvement projects for proven approaches, lessons learned, and ideas you can adapt locally.

SUSTAIN Collaborative

Implement practical surgical sustainability projects that reduce waste and deliver environmental, operational, and financial benefits.

Strong for Surgery

Use preoperative checklists to identify patient risks and guide interventions that support better surgical outcomes.

Content Use Requirements and Permissions

If you or your organization are interested in utilizing ACS intellectual property and copyrighted works, please review our ACS Content Use Permissions Policy. This Content Use Permissions Policy provides an overview of uses, restrictions, and instructions relating to ACS intellectual property, including how to properly request permission to utilize ACS intellectual property.