Case Difficulty and Non-Routine Events by Surgical Team Members in a Large Prospective Observational Study at 5 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Capturing surgical team case difficulty ratings and non-routine events is feasible and may shed insight into factors affecting surgical performance. In particular, pre-case difficulty ratings may be a complementary predictor of surgical risk.
Authors
- Matthew B. Weinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-2688)
- Robert M. Pousman
- Irene D. Feurer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5444-5695)
- Theodore Speroff
- Daniel J. France (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5648-8223)
- Robert A. Greevy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1821-3544)
- Jessica L. Feinleib (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-2372)
- Samuel Nwosu
- Rebecca A. Schroeder
- Jason S. Slagle
- Martha Shively
Institutions
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System (US)
- VA San Diego Healthcare System (US)
- VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- VA Connecticut Research and Education Foundation (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- Durham VA Medical Center (US)
- Ospedale Monaldi (IT)
- Duke University Hospital (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Patient Safety
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000001475
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00