Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery

Dr. Guillaume is the quality and safety lead for the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota. He is also Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital and Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery for the Department of Neurosurgery. His clinical and research interests include treatments of pediatric brain and spinal tumors, minimally invasive surgical approaches, management of complex hydrocephalus, and surgery of the anterior and posterior cranial base. Dr. Guillaume is also co-director for the NeuroSafe symposium series focused on quality and safety in neurosurgery with Dr. Hunt. Dr. Hunt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Minnesota. He is a Neurosurgeon, at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. He is also the residency program director, helping to train the next generation of neurosurgical leaders. Dr. Hunt is the course director for the NeuroSafe symposium series focused on quality and safety in neurosurgery. His research interests involve novel treatments including immunotherapy for brain tumors and treating pet dogs with brain tumors as a model for treatment of human brain tumors. He collaborates with other researchers at the U of M to develop innovative treatments for patients with gliomas and meningiomas. His clinical interests include brain tumors and complex spinal surgery. He trained at Oregon Health & Science University and did fellowships there and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, UK.

• Section I. The Importance of Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery1. The many perspectives of quality and safety in neurosurgery2. The history and future of quality and safety in neurosurgery3. Clinical research in quality improvement: Complimentary approaches to improving neurosurgical practiceSection II. Measuring and Improving Performance4. On developing the tools and metrics for a neurosurgical quality program5. The role of clinical registries in health care6. Measuring value of healthcare: The importance and challenges of measuring true cost7. Teams, competence and safety in surgery8. Evidenced-based practice of neurosurgery: Implications for quality and safety9. The physician handoff and its role in quality and safety  Section III. The Practice of Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery10. Improving operating room safety11. Using multi-center clinical registries to improve outcomes12. Improving efficiency and mapping surgical procedures using lean methods13. Quality efforts for reducing mortality in neurosurgery14. Reducing readmissions15. Improving outcomes: Big data and predictive analytics16. Improving performance by improving education17. Improving outcomes with subspecialization and regionalization18. Quality of care and outcomes in pediatric neurosurgery: Incorporating evidence-based practice 19. Eliminating unnecessary diagnostic imaging and labs20. Creating national practice standards through collaboration21. Use of risk model for assessment of resident perception of surgical complexity and evaluation of procedural competence22. Use of physical education and nutrition program to improve outcomes

"Quality and Safety in Neurosurgery attempts to provide a broad basis for improving awareness and understanding, recognizing obstacles and tools to improve safety, and examples of implementation strategies in neurosurgical practice. The book … takes an important step to educate the neurosurgical community of the importance of providing safe, effective, and value-based care maintaining the patient at the center of the equation. The neurosurgical community should take note of recent trends and provide leadership in this effort. This book helps provide the basis for that to occur, which will undoubtedly improve the care of neurosurgical patients." --Brad E. Zacharia, MD, M.S. and Brian L. Anderson, WORLD NEUROSURGERY 127, July 2019