Surgical Care Quality and Cost for 2 Procedures can be Improved by Acute Care Model

The quality of surgical patient care at Loma Linda University Medical Center was significantly improved by an acute care model, which also reduced the cost of emergency surgical care, researchers report. The researchers have published their findings in the November issue of the iJournal of the American College of Surgeons/i. "Our surgical team is one of the first to address the cost of care in an acute care surgical setting," said Nephtali Gomez, MD, study coauthor ...

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