Journey to Top Performance: A Multipronged Quality Improvement Approach to Reducing Cardiac Surgery Mortality

Hannan, 2012, The New York State Cardiac Registries: History, contributions, limitations, and lessons for future efforts to assess and publicly report healthcare outcomes, J Am Coll Cardiol., 59, 2309, 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.12.051 Chassin, 2002, Achieving and sustaining improved quality: Lessons from New York State and cardiac surgery, Health Aff (Millwood), 21, 40, 10.1377/hlthaff.21.4.40 New York State Department of Health. Adult Cardiac Surgery in New York State: 2001–2003. Oct 2005. Accessed Dec 24, 2014. http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/heart_disease/docs/2001-2003_adult_cardiac_surgery.pdf. Racine, 2006, The heart failure challenge: Optimizing medical and surgical management, Can J Cardiol., 22, 8C, 10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70996-5 Eltzschig, 2008, Impact of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography on surgical decisions in 12,566 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, Ann Thorac Surg., 85, 845, 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.11.015 Provonost, 2003, Improving communication in the ICU using daily goals, J Crit Care, 18, 71, 10.1053/jcrc.2003.50008 Thomas, 2013, Building a culture of safety through team training and engagement, BMJ Qual Saf., 22, 425, 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001011 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. TeamSTEPPS™: Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. King HB, et al. 2007. Accessed Dec 24, 2014. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-King_1.pdf. Anderson, 2014, Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 update, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol., 35, 605, 10.1086/676022 Dlugacz, 2006 Dlugacz, 2004 New York State Department of Health. Adult Cardiac Surgery in New York State: 2003–2005. Mar 2008. Accessed Dec 24, 2014. http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/heart_disease/docs/2003-2005_adult_cardiac_surgery.pdf. New York State Department of Health. Adult Cardiac Surgery in New York State: 2005–2007. Apr 2010. Accessed Dec 24, 2014. http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/heart_disease/docs/2005-2007_adult_cardiac_surgery.pdf. New York State Department of Health. Adult Cardiac Surgery in New York State: 2007–2009. Feb 2012. Accessed Dec 24, 2014. http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/heart_disease/docs/2007-2009_adult_cardiac_surgery.pdf. New York State Department of Health. Adult Cardiac Surgery in New York State: 2009–2011. Mar 2014. Accessed Dec 24, 2014. http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/diseases/cardiovascular/heart_disease/docs/2009-2011_adult_cardiac_surgery.pdf. Lee, 2008 Balestracci, 2009 Provost, 2011 Zimmerman, 2010, Aiming for zero preventable deaths: Using death review to improve care and reduce harm, Healthc Q, 13, 81, 10.12927/hcq.2010.21971 Barbieri, 2013, The Mortality Review Committee: A novel and scalable approach to reducing inpatient mortality, Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf., 39, 387, 10.1016/S1553-7250(13)39052-7 Chassin, 2011, The ongoing quality improvement journey: Next stop, high reliability, Health Aff (Millwood), 30, 559, 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0076 Hall, 2014, Cardiac surgery nurse practitioner home visits prevent coronary artery bypass readmissions, Ann Thorac Surg., 97, 1488, 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.049 Newsday. North Shore-LIJ Partners with Cleveland Clinic on Region’s Cardiac Care. Ricks D. (Updated: Aug 19, 2014.) Accessed Dec 24, 2014. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/north-shore-lij-partners-with-cleveland-clinic-on-region-s-cardiac-care-1.9099783.