What Others Say About Us

“Quality is top of mind for hospitals today, but the work is far from done. Participating in the Florida Surgical Care Initiative will give hospitals and surgeons an effective tool to improve patient outcomes. This translates not just into improved health and saved lives, but also into reduced costs. Everyone wins – and no one more than the patient.”

“One of the best ways to improve the safety of health care is by measuring results and feeding the data back to providers in a risk-adjusted format that allows them to compare their performance to that of their peers. The Florida Surgical Care Initiative gives Florida surgeons the opportunity to do this. By focusing on four high-impact surgical measures, this program has the potential to help Florida’s hospitals substantially improve outcomes for their patients.”

“Over the past decade we’ve seen significant advances in patient safety and quality of care, but we still have much work to do. Now more than ever, we need to focus on working together, sharing best practices and using the best tools and the best data to help us improve care for our patients. Hospitals that participate in FSCI will be evidencing their leadership in advancing patient safety and a higher quality of care.”

“What is often lost in the national reform debate is that health care is delivered not nationally but locally. Dedicated to improving care in Florida, we at the Florida Health Care Coalition believe that the most effective solutions arise from local organizations cooperating on a regional basis. That’s why we are so optimistic that the Florida Surgical Care Initiative will significantly improve health care quality in Florida: through its proven quality improvement methods, this regional initiative has the power to generate continuous improvement in each participating hospital ... one by one.”

“At the end of the day, quality patient care is the hospital’s primary mission and the CEO’s biggest responsibility. If we don’t deliver, we have failed. The Florida Surgical Care Initiative can help us achieve our mission and do right by our patients. If hospitals band together to participate in FSCI, I have no doubt that we can make Florida a national leader in quality health care.”

“One thing more important than our reputation is the care and well being of our patients. Participating in ACS NSQIP is an important way to safeguard both by significantly improving the quality of our care. We hope all Florida hospitals, large or small, urban or rural, can join us as part of the FSCI collaborative. Together we can improve care for surgical patients across our state and become leaders in delivering quality health care.”

“At our hospital we have embraced the ACS NSQIP as integral to our ability to assess our practice and make changes to continuously improve the care our surgical patients receive. This is especially critical at this time when managing costs while maintaining safety and quality will be the keys to preserving the standards of our healthcare delivery system. FSCI offers Florida hospitals a more focused version of the ACS NSQIP, which my hospital is using to successfully improve the quality of our surgical care and reduce complications and costs.”

“As surgeons, providing the best possible patient care is central to all we do. To improve care across our state we need the right tools and we also need collective action to help all hospitals improve. FSCI provides both. FSCI’s focus on risk-adjusted data and an outcomes-driven approach leads to reduced complications and higher quality care for our surgical patients, and it helps us reduce the high costs associated with complications.”

“Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (BCBSF) believes this program provides the best tools and resources to improve surgical care in our state, prevent costly complications and save lives. Working together, we can show the nation that Florida is committed to providing the highest quality health care in the country.”