The Power of Collaboration

Upstate New York Surgical Quality Initiative (UNYSQI) was launched in 2007 through a partnership between Excellus Health Plan, Hospitals and the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) with the goal of providing improved quality of surgical care.

This Health Plan sponsored, team-learning collaborative provides sharing of best practices and expertise to help drive statewide quality improvement in surgical care, through use of the ACS NSQIP - the "Gold Standard" for surgical results reporting.