National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). American College of Surgeons

Development of a Pediatric Surgical Program within the American College of Surgeons, National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

Principal Investigator

R. Lawrence Moss, MD (For Neonatal Procedures)

Project Goal

To develop an outcomes-based program to measure and improve the quality of pediatric surgical care for trauma, oncology, appendectomy, GE reflux, other abdominal procedures, thoracic procedures, and neonatal procedures

Study Design

To be determined

Data Collection

To be developed

Data Management

To be determined

Funding

To be determined

Timeline

Start date: Dec, 2003

End date: August, 2008

Status: Jan 2006

Project is in the protocol development stage