Colorectal surgeons develop a novel tool for measuring quality and outcomes

Friday, September 27, 2013 - 12:04 in Health & Medicine

In a new paper, physician-researchers describe a new tool called the HARM score that reliably measures quality and clinical outcomes for colon and rectal surgery patients. The score is derived from Hospital stay, Readmission rate, and Mortality, and shows a strong correlation with quality of clinical outcomes for colon and rectal surgery patients.

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