Poulose collaborative provides data to improve hernia surgeries
In 2013, MPH graduate Benjamin Poulose, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Vanderbilt Hernia Center and associate professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, formed the Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative (AHSQC) to better track the outcomes of these surgeries, standardize the best practices and improve patient care. Today, the AHSQC has been approved as a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Qualified Clinical Data Registry and analysis of its data has provided several practice recommendations to improve patient care.