Strategies for improving surgical quality- should payers reward excellence or effort

Article Abstract:

The programmes initiated by payers, other groups have their own strategies for effecting improvements in quality of surgical care. Pay-for-participation programs offer the greatest promise for improving surgical quality, coupled with prospective clinical registries, they offer the best potential for identifying important processes of care involved in specific procedures and for translating the collective clinical insights of surgeons into collaboratively achieved improvements in quality.

Health Care and Social Assistance, Product quality, Management dynamics, Surgical Procedures, HEALTH SERVICES, New England States, Management, Surgery, Medical care, Quality management, Medical care quality, Company business management, New England

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Bariatric surgery for morbid obesity

Article Abstract:

A clinical case study of a 44-year-old morbidly obese woman with diabetes, hypertension, and gastroesophageal reflux disease, with a body-mass index of 40 or more is presented. The patient was recommended to undergo a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, proper diet, exercise, and medical and surgical follow-up care.

United States, Care and treatment, Usage, Case studies, Complications and side effects, Obesity, Clinical report, Bariatric surgery

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