Benefits of Surgical Collaboratives

Collaboratives across the nation have demonstrably reduced surgical complications, unnecessary procedures, hospital readmission rates, and hospital length of stay. SCW aims to bring these benefits to the state of Wisconsin. 

Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative

Annual cost: $5 Million

Annual savings: $20 Million

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Decrease in complications: 24%

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Reduction in DVT: 45%

Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative

 

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5-year reduction in surgical

complications: 19.7%

Estimated lives saved: 533

Savings: $75.2 Million

Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative

Initial investment from BCBS:

$8.1 Million over 3 years

Statewide Savings: $14.6 Million

over 3 years

Health Sciences South Carolina

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2-Year reduction in

readmissions: 15%

Preventable hospital stays

avoided: 1,200

Savings: $14 Million

Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP)

 

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2-year decline in negative

appendectomy rate: 12% to 6%

Decreased length of stay after

colon resection: 1 day

Savings in one year: $67.3

Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin (SCW)

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