Surgeon outcomes data is no longer ours alone
For thirty-five years, I was a practicing vascular surgeon in a four-person private vascular surgery group. For thirteen years, I also served as chairman of surgery for a large health network.
I sat in morbidity and mortality conferences and watched experienced surgeons present cases that quietly revealed patterns. I looked at internal scorecards and noticed which names appeared on the better side of the outcomes curve and which on the worse …
Surgeon outcomes data is no longer ours alone
