Tag Archive for ‘Strong for Surgery’

Social determinants of health and surgery: An overview
Describes the social determinants of health such as economics, environment, education, and access to care and examines these factors within a surgical quality improvement framework.

Hospital-based preoperative clinic applies ERAS and Strong for Surgery guidelines to optimize patients for surgery
The results of an ERAS initiative and a Strong for Surgery checklist applied to colorectal surgery patients at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, Texarkana, TX, are summarized.

The ACS Strong for Surgery program: Changing clinician and system behavior to optimize health before surgery
Describes the transition of the Strong for Surgery initiative to a formal ACS Quality Program and outlines its effect on improving public health.