Quality in Obesity Treatment

Defining and Measuring Quality.- Building a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Data Registry: Quality Improvement through Measurement.- Lessons Learned from NSQIP.- The Institute of Medicine and the Pursuit of Quality.- Private Payer Initiatives for Quality Improvement.- The Value Proposition and Proven Care®.- Patient Satisfaction, Patient Reported Outcomes and Quality.- Understanding Risk and Reliability Adjustment in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Quality Profiling.- Iatrogenic Obesity.- Evidence for Nutrition Counseling in the Care of Patients with Obesity.- Endoscopic Best Practices.- Surgical Best Practices: Clinical Care Pathways and Checklists.- Scaling Science-Based Approaches Beyond the Clinic.- Lifestyle Modification for the Treatment of Obesity.- Obesity Prevention.- Empathy and Ethics.- Shared Decision Making in Obesity Treatment.- Clinical Research Improves Patient Care.- Bundled Payments for Bariatric Surgery.- Accountable Care Organizations: A Primer.- Managing Change.-Accreditation in Obesity Medicine.- Optimizing Outcomes in Outpatient Obesity Management.- History of Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery and Evolution of Evidence.- Failure to Rescue in Bariatric Accreditation: Ideal Marker for Quality Improvement.- Evolution of Bariatric Quality Initiatives.- Process Measures in Quality: MBSAQIP.- Implementing a Quality Improvement Project.- A Taxonomy of Errors: Adverse Events and Near Miss Analysis in Bariatric Surgery.- Utilization of the Electronic Medical Record to Enhance Value in Bariatric Care.- Creating Effective Communication and Teamwork for Patient Safety.- Disclosure of Medical Errors and Complications.- Morbidity and Mortality Conference.- Standardizing Surgical Education: Implications for Quality of Care.- Training Standards: ASMBS and Fellowship Council.- Board Certification for Bariatric Surgeons and Physicians: The Future?.- Teleproctoring in Surgery Training to Avoid Technical Misadventures and Video Recording: Responsibility and Liability.- Informed Consent.- The Triple Aim and Obesity - Are They At Odds?.- FDA Approval and Surveillance Process for Anti-obesity Drugs and Devices.- Minimizing Medical Malpractice Risks.- The Expert Witness and Tort Reform.- Complete, Partial and Lack of Response to Intervention: Bariatric Revisional Procedures.