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See Latest ArticlesSurgical quality program cuts complications, patient deaths
American Medical News , 09/25/09
O'Reilly KB – Nearly 120 hospitals participating in a surgical quality program cut their complication rates by an average of 11% and slashed mortality rates by 18%, according to a study in the September Annals of Surgery. Two–thirds of the hospitals that took part in the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2006 to 2007 saw reductions in their mortality rates, and 82% lowered their number of surgical complications, the study found.
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