Pursuit of Quality: Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery | Improvement Excellence Awards 2023

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In November 2022, a multidisciplinary team at UC San Diego Health earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in Spine Surgery, which is granted to organizations with data-driven care processes, patient safeguards and demonstrated high-quality patient outcomes with low complication profiles.

The team’s main focus in this project was to develop a “Spine Passport” that facilitated better care for spinal surgery patients and developed standard work processes for clinical staff involved in such surgeries. The process involved pre-surgery education with the patient to ensure pertinent information is readily available for the clinical team.

Leaders at UC San Diego Health recently celebrated the institution’s inaugural Improvement Excellence Awards ceremony. The event recognized and celebrated the work of individuals and teams whose improvement projects made a positive impact on UC San Diego Health’s strategic goals and patient care.

0:00 Improvement Excellence Awards 2023
0:13 Eunice Manglicmot, RN
0:53 Need for improvement
2:00 Significant change
2:13 Advanced certification in spine surgery