Power of Quality

This episode features the audio from a press conference that the ACS held in Washington, DC, on April 14 to officially kick off the Power of Quality Campaign. Following opening remarks from ACS Executive Director and CEO Dr. Patricia Turner, panelists discuss the importance of quality care for all surgical patients and expanding the reach of ACS Quality Programs into more hospitals. This episode features: PATRICIA L. TURNER, MD, MBA, FACS ACS Executive Director & CEO TANISHA CARINO, PHD  Moderator J. STEPHEN JONES, MD, FACS President and CEO, Inova Health System KIRSTEN K. EDMISTON, MD, MPH, FACS Vice President, Surgical Safety and Operations, Inova Health System ANTON SIDAWY, MD, MPH, FACS ACS Regent and Professor and Lewis B. Saltz Chair Department of Surgery, George Washington University CLIFFORD Y. KO, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, FASCRS Director, ACS Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, and Professor of Surgery and Health Services, UCLA Talk about the podcast on social media using #HouseofSurgery.