The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) assesses a hospital’s surgical outcomes against local and international peers. NSQIP enhances a hospital’s ability to zero in on preventable complications, using validated, risk-adjusted clinical and administrative data.
The results enable targeted, quality improvement initiatives to be developed. These initiatives enhance the quality of surgical care while reducing complications and costs.
The ACI and the NSW Ministry of Health are supporting NSW hospitals to implement and embed the program. This is part of broader surgical quality improvement efforts to deliver better surgical services, and improved health outcomes for patients, families and carers in NSW.
Benefits
Patients
- Fewer complications
- Better outcomes
- Shorter hospital stays
- Greater satisfaction
Surgeons
- Risk adjusted data
- Robust reports
- Online tools
Hospitals
- Sustained reduction in postoperative mortality and complication rates
- Lower costs of care
How can my hospital get involved?
The ACI is working with NSW hospitals to expand NSQIP throughout NSW. We are always pleased to welcome new participants to the NSW collaborative. To join, a hospital will need to follow these steps.
- Complete the Pre-application form
- Contact us to express interest in joining the collaborative.
- Schedule a webinar with the American College of Surgeons.
- Identify a local surgical champion.
- Assess hospital surgical case volume.
- Select an NSQIP option.
- Complete the full application form.
Use these resources for more information about enrolling in NSQIP.
How can I get involved?
NSQIP participants come from a wide range of experience. They are always passionate about surgical quality improvement.
Program roles
- Surgical champion – Provide surgical leadership of NSQIP in your hospital. Promote change initiatives.
- Surgical clinical reviewer – Actively engage with clinicians to collect and submit reliable data to the NSQIP portal. Design and implement quality improvement initiatives.
ACI-NSW NSQIP collaborative
An NSQIP collaborative is a group of two or more NSQIP participants working together to exchange ideas, solve problems and share knowledge. NSW hospitals participating in NSQIP are part of the ACI-NSW collaborative.
This community meets regularly to promote knowledge sharing, collaboration, mentorship and networking.
Activities
- Review data, including results of individual and state-level surgical performance reports
- Discuss surgical and perioperative best practices
- Design interventions to address areas for improvement
- Showcase improvement results
A number of capability development, change management and project management tools and resources are also made available to support collaborative members.
Information for consumers
See the consumer information for details about participating in NSQIP.