- What's New in 2021
- Preventing and Responding to Patient Harm
- Medication Safety
- Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Maternity Care
- Pediatric Care
- Critical Care
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Complex Adult and Pediatric Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery for Weight Loss
- Carotid Artery Surgery
- Mitral Valve Repair and Replacement
- Open Aortic Procedures
- Lung Resection for Cancer
- Esophageal Resection for Cancer
- Pancreatic Resection for Cancer
- Rectal Cancer Surgery
- Total Knee Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement
- Congenital Heart Surgery for Infants (Norwood Procedure)
- Care for Elective Outpatient Surgery Patients
- Elective Outpatient Surgery for Adults and Children
Total Hip Replacement
Surgeons can remove bones and cartilage in the hip joint, and replace them with metal and plastic components, creating an artificial joint. The procedure is done to relieve hip pain, or to heal a hip fracture. Hospitals are asked to report on their annual procedure volume and whether their hospital’s privileging process includes the surgeon meeting or exceeding Leapfrog's minimum surgeon volume standard. Hospitals also report on whether they have protocols in place to ensure that the surgery is not performed unnecessarily on patients who would not benefit.
View Leapfrog's minimum hospital and surgeon volume standards here.
Reporting Period
- Surveys submitted prior to September 1: 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019 or 01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020
- Surveys (re)submitted on or after September 1: 07/01/2020 - 06/30/2021
Patients Included in the Measure
- Inpatients (Patients who are admitted to the hospital for at least one overnight stay)
- Outpatients (Patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day)
- Adults