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Effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative in reducing time to surgery for patients requiring emergency cholecystectomy

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Acute gallstone disease is a high‐volume emergency general surgery presentation with wide variations in the quality of care provided across the UK. This controlled cohort evaluation assessed whether participation in… Click to show full abstract

Acute gallstone disease is a high‐volume emergency general surgery presentation with wide variations in the quality of care provided across the UK. This controlled cohort evaluation assessed whether participation in a quality improvement collaborative approach reduced time to surgery for patients with acute gallstone disease to fewer than 8 days from presentation, in line with national guidance.

Keywords: quality; surgery; quality improvement; time surgery; improvement collaborative; surgery patients

Journal Title: BJS Open
Year Published: 2019

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