Expanding the ACS children's surgery ecosystem: A blueprint for the children's surgery collaborative

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Over the past 15 years, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) has fostered children's surgical quality improvement (QI) specifically through the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program–Pediatric (NSQIP-Ped) registry and the Children's Surgery Verification (CSV) Program. NSQIP-Ped was launched in 2011 as the first national clinical registry to systematically collect and benchmark pediatric surgical outcomes, and by 2025, has grown to over 150 participating sites. NSQIP-Ped provides participating hospitals with the data infrastructure needed to identify QI opportunities and monitor local QI efforts [1,2].

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Article · Jul 2025 · 1 min read

In brief

This article outlines the American College of Surgeons' 15-year evolution in pediatric surgical quality improvement through NSQIP-Ped and the Children's Surgery Verification Program. NSQIP-Ped has expanded to over 150 sites since 2011, providing hospitals with data infrastructure to benchmark outcomes and drive local quality initiatives.

ACS NSQIP-Ped launched in 2011 as the first national registry for pediatric surgical outcomes, now includes 150+ sites.
NSQIP-Ped provides data infrastructure for hospitals to identify quality improvement opportunities and track local initiatives.
ACS has developed a children's surgery ecosystem through NSQIP-Ped registry and the Children's Surgery Verification Program.
Over 15 years, ACS has systematically advanced pediatric surgical quality improvement through structured data collection and benchmarking.

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