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Benchmarking Academic Plastic Surgery Services in the United States
Fecha
2012-06-01Registro en:
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 129, n. 6, p. 1407-1418, 2012.
0032-1052
10.1097/PRS.0b013e31824f8f16
WOS:000304648500058
Autor
Song, Elaine Horibe
Shirazian, Afshin
Binns, Brian
Fleming, Yuedi
Ferreira, Lydia Masako
Rohrich, Rod J.
Azari, Kodi
Institución
Resumen
Rising health care costs and increasingly demanding patients are only some of the challenges faced by academic plastic surgery services in their pursuit of excellence in education, research, and patient care. Benchmarking, when correctly applied, is a powerful tool that can help services learn from each other's experiences. This study aimed at creating the first benchmarking report summarizing performance indicators and management practices of some of the most complete academic plastic surgery units in the United States. Results provide an opportunity for plastic surgery leaders to benchmark against their own units, identify eventual gaps, and improve their performance as needed. (Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 129: 1407, 2012.)