Constitution Surgery Alliance (CSA) is pleased to announce that five of their ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have earned a spot on The Leapfrog Group's 2023 "Best Surgery Centers" list. Connecticut Orthopaedic Surgery Center, Glastonbury Surgery Center, HHC Hartford Surgery Center, Rocky Hill Surgery Center, and The Surgery Center of Rhode Island were all recognized for their clinical outcomes and commitments to processes that protect patients from harm and preventable errors.

The Leapfrog Group is an independent watchdog organization focused on health care quality and safety. To be recognized as a "Best Surgery Center," ASCs must meet a stringent set of criteria measured across a patient's surgical episode. Only 28 ASCs in the nation were named to the "Best Surgery Centers" list this year.

"Achieving this designation is a proud moment for all our teams, surgeons, and health system partners because it shows a commitment to safe patient care," said Nicole Vit, CSA Chief Clinical Officer. "It also shows how effective our proprietary business intelligence system is in collecting and aggregating data that allows our partner centers to identify, measure, react to, and report surgical outcomes. This has had a quantifiable impact on patient safety."  
The five CSA surgery centers that achieved this designation primarily perform total joint replacements, orthopedic, ophthalmology, and otolaryngology surgeries. To earn a spot on the "Best Surgery Centers" list, each ASC was required to transparently report all outcomes in ten clinical and process domains, including infection prevention, errors, and patient experience measurements, and to prove that they have adopted a culture of safety throughout the entire organization.

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