Setting new standards in surgery through the systematic study of process of care that impacts surgical outcomes and their relationship to public health in the United States and internationally.

A Joint Initiative of Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health

Mission

To save lives and improve the value of surgical care at a population level.

Goals

1) Develop and implement tools that measurably reduce harm in surgical care.
2) Develop meaningful metrics to measure quality, safety and cost.
3) Understand and decrease variation and disparities in surgical care.
4) Develop tools to better educate the next generation of surgeons.