Risky Business: Creating a Process to Review Accuracy of American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) Classification and to Improve Overall Quality Risk Adjustment of Surgical Patients

Authors

Jane Kinney, Maine Medical CenterFollow
Sonja Orff, Maine Medical CenterFollow
Robyn Begin, Maine Medical CenterFollow
Nicholas Flavin, Maine Medical CenterFollow
Eira Hyrkas, Maine Medical CenterFollow
Christopher Adams, Spectrum Medical Group, Maine Medical CenterFollow
Ian Neilson, Maine Medical CenterFollow

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Description

Through interdisciplinary education and the creation of an audit process, we have observed a 30.6% reduction in the number of ASA assignment misclassifications.

Institution/Department

Maine Medical Center

Publication Date

5-2024

Publisher

MaineHealth

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Interdisciplinary Education, Audit, Anesthesia, Quality Risk, Surgical Patients

Disciplines

Surgery

Comments

Introduction

ASA classification is assigned preoperatively by anesthesia to assess health status in order to identify safety concerns that might be encountered during surgery.

ASA classification also influences National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) risk adjustment for quality reporting of surgical outcomes.

Recommended Citation

Kinney, Jane; Orff, Sonja; Begin, Robyn; Flavin, Nicholas; Hyrkas, Eira; Adams, Christopher; and Neilson, Ian, "Risky Business: Creating a Process to Review Accuracy of American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) Classification and to Improve Overall Quality Risk Adjustment of Surgical Patients" (2024). Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2024. 5.
https://knowledgeconnection.mainehealth.org/lambrew-retreat-2024/5