Patient Rights and Ethics
Preventing and Responding to Patient Harm
Medication Safety
Care for Elective Outpatient Surgery Patients
Elective Outpatient Surgery for Adults and Children
Total Joint Replacement

General Surgery

Surgery centers report annual procedure volume for general surgery procedures including:

Cholecystectomy and Common Duct Exploration
Hemorrhoid Procedure
Inguinal and Femoral Hernia Repair
Laparoscopy
Lumpectomy or Quadrantectomy of Breast
Mastectomy
Other Hernia Repair

Experts agree that patients often have better outcomes when their procedure is performed by a surgeon and surgical teams with adequate, ongoing experience performing a particular procedure. However, Leapfrog has not yet established minimum surgery center or surgeon volume standards.

Reporting Period

Surveys submitted prior to September 1: 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
Surveys (re)submitted on or after September 1: 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024

Patients Included in the Measure

Outpatients (Patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day)
Adults and Children