Breakthroughs: The high-performing surgical program

Leaders must find new ways of approaching surgical care and strategy, from creating a true surgical team built around the patient, focused on quality, safety, and the most current best practices, to a shared responsibility for the appropriate use of technology.

In this Breakthroughs report, leading hospitals share and candidly discuss insights and lessons that will help you:

• Build whole-team focus on shared outcomes
• Create a culture of safety in all surgical services
• Balance patient experience with cost & clinical efficiency
• Assemble surgical teams with the most efficient mix of skills
• Identify high-growth specialty and sub-specialty services
• Implement clinical and information technology planning strategies to improve throughput and patient experience