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The success of ACS NSQIP in providing hospitals with high-quality surgical outcomes data and methods to improve care has led to efforts to extend this robust quality improvement program to a larger number of hospitals and surgical specialties. The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has been working with the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) to develop a pediatric version of ACS NSQIP.

To learn more about ACS NSQIP, please visit the ACS NSQIP Website.
RECENT NEWS
Open Enrollment for ACS NSQIP Pediatric Phase II Begins

The ACS NSQIP Pediatric (ACS NSQIP Peds) is the first multispecialty outcomes-based program to measure the quality of children’s surgical care. Similar to the Adult ACS NSQIP, ACS NSQIP Peds will enable participating hospitals to collect highly reliable clinical data including 30 day outcomes.

The ACS NSQIP Peds has been designed to collect 121 data points that are relevant to measuring surgical outcomes in children under 18 years of age. Preoperative, intraoperatve, and postoperative data will be collected on patients undergoing major surgical procedures. Additional data points have been included for neonates up to 30 days old.

The ACS NSQIP Peds pilot project, which began in September 2008, will continue though October 2009. In preparation for the second phase of the program development, the ACS is now accepting applications for ACS NSQIP Peds Phase II, scheduled to begin data collection in January 2010. The ACS NSQIP Peds is available to freestanding general acute care children’s hospitals, children's hospitals within a larger hospital, specialty children’s hospitals, and general acute care hospitals with a pediatric wing. Hospitals interested in participating in Phase II will be required to hire a full-time surgical clinical reviewer (SCR), complete a participation agreement, and pay an annual participation fee of $17,500. Enrollment for Phase II is limited and will close on October 30th, 2009.

To apply to participate in this exciting development, please download and complete the application form located on the ACS NSQIP Peds web site. Once an eligible hospital has completed the application process, ACS will send a participation agreement along with the SCR job description and hiring guidelines. Hospitals that have secured a signed contract, paid the participation fee, and have a SCR in place by October 30th will be able to send their SCR to training in Chicago on December 9th and December 10th 2009. Data collection will begin in January 2010.

Applications as well as detailed information about the surgical clinical reviewer qualifications are available by clicking here or you may e-mail Charles Fisher at cfisher@facs.org.