News Release

FORT WAYNE — The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized Parkview Regional Medical Center and Affiliates, which includes Parkview Hospital Randallia, among 78 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals that achieved meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2021.

As a participant in ACS NSQIP, Parkview is required to track the outcomes of inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures and collect data that assesses patient safety and can be used to direct improvement in the quality of surgical care.

The ACS NSQIP recognition program commends a select group of hospitals for achieving a meritorious composite score in either an “All Cases” category or a category which includes only “High Risk” cases. Risk-adjusted data from the July 2022 ACS NSQIP Semiannual Report, which presents data from the 2021 calendar year, were used to determine which hospitals demonstrated meritorious outcomes.

Parkview has been recognized on both the “All Cases” and “High Risk” Meritorious lists.

““Quality and safety are key pillars to every successful surgery,”” said Michael Grabowski, MD, FACS, physician executive, surgery service line, Parkview Health. “”From the pre-op stages through discharge and even follow-up appointments, we strive to create a positive patient experience and the best possible outcomes. This recognition from the ACS is a direct result of the world-class teamwork and dedication of our surgeons and co-workers, who provide excellent care to every person, every day.””

Each composite score was determined through a different weighted formula combining eight outcomes. The outcome performances related to patient management were in the following eight clinical areas: mortality; unplanned intubation; ventilator more than 48 hours; renal failure; cardiac incidents (cardiac arrest and myocardial infarction); respiratory (pneumonia); SSI (surgical site infections-superficial and deep incisional and organ-space SSIs); or urinary tract infection. The 78 commended hospitals achieved the distinction based on their outstanding composite quality score across the eight areas listed above.

ACS NSQIP is the only nationally validated quality improvement program that measures and enhances the care of surgical patients. This program measures the actual surgical results 30 days postoperatively as well as risk-adjusted patient characteristics to compensate for differences among patient populations and acuity levels.

The goal of ACS NSQIP is to reduce surgical morbidity (infection or illness related to a surgical procedure) and surgical mortality (death related to a surgical procedure) and to provide a firm foundation for surgeons to apply what is known as the “best scientific evidence” to the practice of surgery. Furthermore, when adverse effects from surgical procedures are reduced and/or eliminated, a reduction in healthcare costs follows.

ACS NSQIP is a major program of the American College of Surgeons and is currently used in nearly 850 adult and pediatric hospitals.