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Quality measurement, improvement of surgical care examined in the June issue of JACS

The Journal of the American College of Surgeons devotes its June issue to a quality measurement program called the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. ACS NSQIP is the American College of Surgeons' quality improvement program that tracks the outcomes of various surgical procedures and provides data to help hospitals improve patient safety and quality of surgical care.

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