NSQIP: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program

For selected surgical procedures, the voluntary National Surgical Quality Improvement Program collects very detailed information based on clinical review of patient medical records according to common definitions.

“The ACS National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) is the first nationally validated, risk-adjusted, outcomes-based program to measure and improve the quality of surgical care. The program employs a prospective, peer controlled, validated database to quantify 30-day risk-adjusted surgical outcomes, which allows valid comparison of outcomes among all hospitals in the program.”

Source: https://acsnsqip.org.

Below are our NSQIP measures

• Death within 30 days following vascular or general surgery 
• Complications or morbidity within 30 days following vascular or general surgery 
• Cardiac complications following vascular or general surgery 
• Cardiac complications following vascular surgery
• Pneumonia following vascular or general surgery 
• Unplanned reintubation following vascular or general surgery 
• Ventilator usage following vascular or general surgery 
• Deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism following vascular or general surgery 
• Kidney failure following vascular or general surgery 
• Urinary tract infection following vascular or general surgery 
• Surgical site infection following vascular or general surgery 
• Return to operating room following vascular or general surgery