Accreditation Readiness in US Multidisciplinary Rectal Cancer Care: A Survey of OSTRICH Member Institutions

JAMA Surg. 2018 Apr 1;153(4):388-390. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4871.

¹ Center for Colon and Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando.
² Department of Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Surgical Health Outcomes and Research Enterprise, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
⁴ Department of Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York.
⁵ Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston.
⁶ Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care (Cancer), American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

This article presents a survey of 328 member health care centers by a consortium focused on improving quality in rectal cancer surgery.