Abstract
Valsangkar, Nakul MD; Zimmers, Teresa A. PhD; Kim, Bradford J. MD; Blanton, Casi; Joshi, Mugdha M. MD; Bell, Teresa M. PhD; Nakeeb, Attila MD, FACS; Dunnington, Gary L. MD, FACS; Koniaris, Leonidas G. MD, MBA, FACS Author Information
Highlights
The objective of this study was to determine drivers of academic productivity within US departments of surgery
The 10 most cited faculty (MCF) within each department contributed to 42% of all publications and 55% of all citations
Fifty-one percent of MCF had current/former NIH funding, compared with 20% of the rest (p
Summary
The objective of this study was to determine drivers of academic productivity within US departments of surgery. Postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) is important clinically, and VTE quality metrics are used in public reporting and pay-for-performance programs. Current VTE outcomes measures are not valid due to surveillance bias, and the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP-VTE-2) process measure only requires prophylaxis within 24 hours of surgery. We sought to develop a novel measure of VTE prophylaxis that requires early ambulation, mechanical prophylaxis, and chemoprophylaxis throughout the hospitalization, and compare hospital performance on the current process measure with this novel measure
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