Quality improvement and patient safety organizations in anesthesiology

Abstract

Anesthesiology has historically promoted the continuous improvement of patient care through the identification of rare complications and serious adverse events, the systematized collection of data from routine care, educational products, and efforts to improve anesthesia equipment. Moreover, the APSF and the AQI have created a synergistic partnership for continuous quality improvement that combines both the micro and macro collection of self-reflective data and is a model for other specialties.