Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative
Working Together to Achieve Rapid and Sustained Improvement for Surgical Patients
Publications
A Comprehensive Estimation of the Costs of 30-Day Postoperative Complications Using Actual Costs from Multiple, Diverse Hospitals
R. P. Merkow, Y. Shan, A. R. Gupta, A. D. Yang, P. Sama, M. Schumacher, D. Cooke, C. Barnard and K. Y. Bilimoria
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020 Oct;46(10):558-564. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2020.06.011. Epub 2020 Jul 3.
Association Between Implementing Comprehensive Learning Collaborative Strategies in a Statewide Collaborative and Changes in Hospital Safety Culture
T. K. Yuce, A. D. Yang, J. K. Johnson, D. D. Odell, R. Love, L. Kreutzer, C. J. R. Schlick, M. I. Zambrano, Y. Shan, K. J. O'Leary, A. Halverson and K. Y. Bilimoria
JAMA Surg. 2020 Oct 1;155(10):934-940. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2842.
Evaluation of Changes in Quality Improvement Knowledge Following a Formal Educational Curriculum Within a Statewide Learning Collaborative
E. R. Berger, L. Kreutzer, A. Halverson, A. D. Yang, S. Reinhart, K. J. O. Leary, M. V. Williams, K. Y. Bilimoria, J. K. Johnson and I. A. Committee
J Surg Educ. 2020 Nov - Dec;77(6):1534-1541. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2020.04.018. Epub 2020 Jun 15.
Preoperative patient education and patient preparedness are associated with less postoperative use of opioids
R. Khorfan, M. L. Shallcross, B. Yu, N. Sanchez, S. Parilla, J. M. Coughlin, J. K. Johnson, K. Y. Bilimoria and J. J. Stulberg
Surgery. 2020 May;167(5):852-858. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.01.002. Epub 2020 Feb 20.
Post-Operative Complications and Readmissions Associated with Smoking Following Bariatric Surgery
T. K. Yuce, R. Khorfan, N. J. Soper, E. S. Hungness, A. P. Nagle, E. N. Teitelbaum, K. Y. Bilimoria and D. D. Odell
J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Mar;24(3):525-530. doi: 10.1007/s11605-019-04488-3. Epub 2019 Dec 17.
Leveraging a Comprehensive Program to Implement a Colorectal Surgical Site Infection Reduction Bundle in a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative
M. F. McGee, L. Kreutzer, C. M. Quinn, A. Yang, Y. Shan, A. L. Halverson, R. Love, J. K. Johnson, V. Prachand, K. Y. Bilimoria and C. Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement
Ann Surg. 2019 Oct;270(4):701-711. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003524.
Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, and Post-Operative Factors Associated with Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism Following Colorectal Cancer Resection
C. J. R. Schlick, J. Y. Liu, A. D. Yang, D. J. Bentrem, K. Y. Bilimoria and R. P. Merkow
J Gastrointest Surg. 2020 Jan;24(1):144-154. doi: 10.1007/s11605-019-04354-2. Epub 2019 Aug 16.
Minimizing Opioid Prescribing in Surgery (MOPiS) Initiative: An Analysis of Implementation Barriers
J. M. Coughlin, M. L. Shallcross, W. L. A. Schafer, B. A. Buckley, J. J. Stulberg, J. L. Holl, K. Y. Bilimoria and J. K. Johnson
J Surg Res. 2019 Jul;239:309-319. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.006. Epub 2019 Mar 22.
Association Between Hospital Safety Culture and Surgical Outcomes in a Statewide Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative
D. D. Odell, C. M. Quinn, R. S. Matulewicz, J. Johnson, K. E. Engelhardt, J. J. Stulberg, A. D. Yang, J. L. Holl and K. Y. Bilimoria
J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Aug;229(2):175-183. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.02.046. Epub 2019 Mar 9.
Multi-institution Evaluation of Adherence to Comprehensive Postoperative VTE Chemoprophylaxis
A. D. Yang, D. B. Hewitt, E. Blay, Jr., L. J. Kreutzer, C. M. Quinn, K. A. Cradock, V. Prachand, K. Y. Bilimoria and C. Illinois Surgical Quality Improvement
Ann Surg. 2020 Jun;271(6):1072-1079. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003124.
Evaluating the Impact of the Venous Thromboembolism Outcome Measure on the PSI 90 Composite Quality Metric
E. Blay, Jr., R. Huang, J. W. Chung, A. D. Yang, J. O. DeLancey, R. P. Merkow, C. Barnard and K. Y. Bilimoria
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2019 Mar;45(3):148-155. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.08.009. Epub 2018 Oct 4.
Creating Individual Surgeon Performance Assessments in a Statewide Hospital Surgical Quality Improvement Collaborative
C. M. Quinn, K. Y. Bilimoria, J. W. Chung, C. Y. Ko, M. E. Cohen and J. J. Stulberg
J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Sep;227(3):303-312.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.06.002. Epub 2018 Jun 27.
Evaluation of readmissions due to surgical site infections: A potential target for quality improvement
R. Shah, E. Pavey, M. Ju, R. Merkow, R. Rajaram, M. W. Wandling, M. E. Cohen, A. Dahlke, A. Yang and K. Bilimoria
Am J Surg. 2017 Nov;214(5):773-779. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.04.011. Epub 2017 Jun 8.
Evaluation of a novel mentor program to improve surgical care for US hospitals
J. R. Berian, J. M. Thomas, C. A. Minami, P. R. Farrell, K. J. O'Leary, M. V. Williams, V. N. Prachand, A. L. Halverson, K. Y. Bilimoria and J. K. Johnson
Int J Qual Health Care. 2017 Apr 1;29(2):234-242. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzx005.
Development of a Conceptual Model for Surgical Quality Improvement Collaboratives: Facilitating the Implementation and Evaluation of Collaborative Quality Improvement
M. W. Wandling, C. A. Minami, J. K. Johnson, K. J. O'Leary, A. D. Yang, J. L. Holl and K. Y. Bilimoria
JAMA Surg. 2016 Dec 1;151(12):1181-1183. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2817.
Comparison of postoperative complication risk prediction approaches based on factors known preoperatively to surgeons versus patients
A. R. Dahlke, R. P. Merkow, J. W. Chung, C. V. Kinnier, M. E. Cohen, M. W. Sohn, J. Paruch, J. L. Holl and K. Y. Bilimoria
Surgery. 2014 Jul;156(1):39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.03.002. Epub 2014 Mar 15.
Adherence with postdischarge venous thromboembolism chemoprophylaxis recommendations after colorectal cancer surgery among elderly Medicare beneficiaries
R. P. Merkow, K. Y. Bilimoria, M. W. Sohn, E. H. Oh, M. M. Sellers, J. L. Paruch, J. W. Chung and D. J. Bentrem
Ann Surg. 2014 Jul;260(1):103-8. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000296.
Optimizing ACS NSQIP modeling for evaluation of surgical quality and risk: patient risk adjustment, procedure mix adjustment, shrinkage adjustment, and surgical focus
M. E. Cohen, C. Y. Ko, K. Y. Bilimoria, L. Zhou, K. Huffman, X. Wang, Y. Liu, K. Kraemer, X. Meng, R. Merkow, W. Chow, B. Matel, K. Richards, A. J. Hart, J. B. Dimick and B. L. Hall
J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Aug;217(2):336-46.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.02.027. Epub 2013 Apr 28.
Post-discharge venous thromboembolism after cancer surgery: extending the case for extended prophylaxis
R. P. Merkow, K. Y. Bilimoria, M. D. McCarter, M. E. Cohen, C. C. Barnett, M. V. Raval, J. A. Caprini, H. S. Gordon, C. Y. Ko and D. J. Bentrem
Ann Surg. 2011 Jul;254(1):131-7. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31821b98da.
Comparison of outlier identification methods in hospital surgical quality improvement programs
K. Y. Bilimoria, M. E. Cohen, R. P. Merkow, X. Wang, D. J. Bentrem, A. M. Ingraham, K. Richards, B. L. Hall and C. Y. Ko