“It's not the operation itself that is the concern, it's the anesthesia. That's a bigger risk than the operation.” ~ Sanjay Gupta
The goal of quality management (QM) is to improve efficiency and outcomes. An entire industry has arisen devoted to making this simple concept complex, and many anesthesiologists are therefore frustrated by QM requirements.
The purpose of this page is to provide very basic instructions for creating an anesthesiology QM program.
The program will help your group directly, and will enable you to meet Joint Commission and other regulatory requirements for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) and Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE), and ABA requirements for Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA).
Measuring indicators will enable you to engage in the quality cycle, which is simple and intuitive: