Quality Improvement

Quality Mission Statement

ASPIRE-Anesthesiology Performance Improvement and Reporting Exchange, https://mpog.org/aspire/ is the quality improvement arm of MPOG-Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group. The goal is to improve the care of patients undergoing anesthesia by reducing unexplained variation in practice and collaborating with anesthesia providers to define best practices.   Participating sites work together to build quality measures, review best practices, and exchange ideas for improving patient outcomes ASPIRE has developed numerous quality measures, spanning several anesthesia care domains.

The Department of Anesthesiology at VUMC joined MPOG ASPIRE in 2020. A task force, led by Dr. Miklos Kertai, was formed to mobilize resources, and develop a cohesive plan for implementation of ASPIRE quality measures department wide. Initially, the task force identified 3 Adult specific measures and 3 Pediatric specific measures on which a QI project would focus. Ultimately, there are 22 ASPIRE measures that have been identified.