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Quality improvement in cardiovascular surgery: results of a surgical quality improvement programme using a nationwide clinical database and database-driven site visits in Japan.

Hiroyuki YamamotoHiroaki MiyataKazuo TanemotoYoshikatsu SaikiHitoshi YokoyamaEriko FukuchiNoboru MotomuraYuichi UedaShinichi Takamoto
Published in: BMJ quality & safety (2019)
Combining traditional site visits with modern database methodologies effectively improved surgical mortality in Japan. These universal methods could be applied via a similar approach to contribute to achieving QI in surgery for many other procedures worldwide.
Keyphrases
  • quality improvement
  • minimally invasive
  • coronary artery bypass
  • adverse drug
  • patient safety
  • surgical site infection
  • cardiovascular events
  • randomized controlled trial
  • emergency department