Patient Safety Bulletin

AHRQ Recruiting Hospitals for Project To Improve Surgical Care and Recovery

Get help implementing an enhanced surgical recovery program for your hospital’s gynecology, colorectal, hip fracture or joint replacement surgery service by enrolling in a no-cost program funded and guided by AHRQ. Enrollment is open for the 12-month program that starts March 1, 2019. An informational webinar is available on Dec. 13. Participating hospitals will receive evidence-based enhanced recovery pathways, coaching and content calls with experts in the field, implementation resources, access to the American College of Surgeons’ data collection platform and benchmark reports, and continuous clinical and implementation support. The program will be led by the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons. Access information about webinars and program registration.

ISCR is designed to help hospitals in implementing perioperative evidence-based pathways to meaningfully improve clinical outcomes.

Enrollment is now open! Register for an upcoming informational webinar to learn about the program! All webinars will include general information about the program, but will have time for a focused discussion on a specific program.

Gynecology Enhanced Recovery Program Recruitment Webinars

Thursday, December 13, 12pm PST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST

Hospitals within the United States, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are eligible to participate. For additional assistance, please contact Stacey McSwine.

ISCR is a collaborative effort between the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality. ISCR is funded and guided by the AHRQ.