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		<title>FSCI Annual Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The statewide meeting of FSCI-participating surgeon champions, surgical clinical reviewers (SCRs), executives and quality improvement professionals is your first opportunity to take a look at statewide aggregate risk-adjusted data from the first semi-annual report (SAR), see where we have opportunities for improvement as a state, discuss how FSCI will use the engine of ACS NSQIP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five in Focus: Hugh Greene</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jacksonville Daily Record. November 25, 2011 Hugh Greene, president and CEO of Baptist Health, recently was installed as chairman of the Florida Hospital Association. The association consists of 205 hospitals and health systems from across the state. Greene is completing his year as chair of the JAX Chamber. What is your first priority in leading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/five-in-focus-hugh-greene/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Tepas named Florida Surgical Care Initiative Champion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surgery professor receives award from Florida Hospital Association Health Science Center Jacksonville News By: Matt Galnor Published: Friday, October 14, 2011 Joseph J. Tepas III, M.D., professor of surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine—Jacksonville, was honored by the Florida Hospital Association this week. Tepas, chief of the division of pediatric surgery, was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/dr-tepas-named-florida-surgical-care-initiative-champion/</link>
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		<title>A Better Way to Keep Patients Safe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times Well Blog By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. August 4, 2011 iStockphoto Not long ago, a few colleagues and I were discussing the challenges of improving health care quality and patient safety. We debated the merits of clinical benchmarks that payers and regulatory groups now require, crude proxies of quality care like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/a-better-way-to-keep-patients-safe/</link>
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		<title>2011 ACS NSQIP National Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ACS NSQIP National Conference is taking place July 24-26 in Boston, MA. All FSCI participating hospitals are encouraged to participate to network with other hospitals from around the country and learn from national quality experts. Please remember to register early using this form. Registration is limited to the first 900 participants due to space. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/2011-acs-nsqip-national-conference/</link>
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		<title>FSCI Monthly Call #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET Topics: 1. FSCI Update MOC credit for FSCI hospital surgeons Registration and details about SCR training scheduled for March 28-April 1 2. Improvement Systems to Accelerate Change – Bruce Spurlock, MD The purpose of these calls is to provide a forum for ongoing collaboration among FSCI members across the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/fsci-monthly-call-1/</link>
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		<title>FSCI Kicks Off with Statewide Meeting in Orlando</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 200 people gathered in Orlando Feb. 3 for the Florida Surgical Care Initiative Statewide Kick-Off Event, sponsored by BlueCross Blue Shield of Florida. Participants heard from national and local surgical and quality leaders about the value of the FSCI method for quality improvement, which is based on the 20-year history of the National [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/fsci-kicks-off-with-statewide-meeting-in-orlando/</link>
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		<title>Surgeons Receive MOC Part IV Credit for FSCI Participation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Surgeons from hospitals participating in all four FSCI measures can receive credit toward Maintenance of Certification Part IV. Hospitals must participate in all four of the measures – SSI, UTI, colorectal outcomes and elderly surgery outcomes – for surgeons to receive MOC Part IV credit. Please let us know if you have any questions about how FSCI helps in MOC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/surgeons-receive-moc-part-iv-credit-for-fsci-participation/</link>
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		<title>ACS Florida Chapter Annual Scientific Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This meeting will feature a session on the Florida Surgical Care Initiative on Saturday, March 5 from 2 &#8211; 4 p.m entitled, &#8220;Florida Surgical Care Initiative – What Users Must Know.&#8221; This session for FSCI members will provide additional background on FSCI and update them on the implementation of the program. It will be an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.floridasurgicalcare.org/american-college-of-surgeons-florida-chapter-2011-annual-meeting/</link>
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		<title>FSCI Sets Nationwide Example for Quality Patient Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FSCI members are truly setting an example to the nation for quality patient care. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the public announcement of its intent to contract with the American College of Surgeons for five measures – the same four FSCI measures that Florida’s hospitals will measure and improve, plus [...]]]></description>
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