Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative

MANAGED AND GREW OUR ACHQC DATABASE OF REAL-WORLD DATA KNOWN AS THE ACHQC REGISTRY. BY THE END OF 2024, THE ACHQC REGISTRY INCLUDED DATA COLLECTED ON OVER 137,000 OPERATIONS PERFORMED BY 479 SURGEONS IN 42 STATES ACROSS THE USA. IN 2024, THE ACHQC REGISTRY BEGAN COLLECTING PATIENT DATA IN BRAZIL WHICH RESULTED IN 6 BRAZILIAN SURGEONS ADDING DATA FROM 375 OPERATIONS TO THE ACHQC REGISTRY IN 2024. OVER 12,800 SURGICAL CASES WERE ADDED TO THE ACHQC REGISTRYIN 2024. THE DATA SUPPORTED NUMEROUS ANALYSES OF THE REGISTRY'S REAL-WORLD DATA WHICH WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR VOLUNTEER SURGEON COLLABORATORS WHO INPUT DATA FROM THEIR SURGERIES INTO THE ACHQC REGISTRY AND INDUSTRY COLLABORATORS FOR THEIR USE IN COLLABORATIVELY SHARING SUCH DATA AND TO OTHERWISE USE SUCH ANALYZED DATA TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND VALUE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT AND INTERVENTION IN HERNIA, ABDOMINAL CORE, AND ABDOMINAL WALL DISEASE.

PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO BOTH ACHQC VOLUNTEER SURGEONS WHO CONTRIBUTE DATA ON THEIR SURGERIES TO THE ACHQC REGISTRY AND TO ALL OTHER SURGEONS TO SHARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE DATA COLLECTED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SURGICAL PRACTICE AND STANDARDS. INCLUDING: (1) THE 2024 ANNUAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SUMMIT WAS HELD IN PERSON IN DENVER AND HOSTED OVER 106 STAKEHOLDERS IN PATIENT CARE (26 MORE THEN IN 2023)WHO IN A COLLABORATIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING WEEKEND ANALYZED DATA, IDENTIFIED TIPS FROM HIGH PERFORMERS AND SHARED PRACTICES FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PATIENT CARE, AND (2) PERIODIC TRAINING AND INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS WHICH ARE POSTED ON THE ACHQC.ORG WEBSITE & ACHQC'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL (REF: https://www.youtube.com/@ACHQC/videos). VIDEOS INCLUDED TRAINING ON THE REGISTRY'S OBERD PLATFORM, HERNIA LIVE REPLAY VIDEOS, A POSTING OF THE ACHQC SESSION AT THE AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY'S ANNUAL 2024 SCIENTIFIC MEETING, SEVERAL PATIENT TESTIMONIALS, AND RESIDENT TRAINING VIDEOS (QC UNCUT).