RVH recognized internationally for excellence in surgeries

Members of Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s surgical team celebrate their recognition for surgical excellence by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie has earned international distinction for excelling in surgeries and outcomes for patients.

The award encompasses the whole surgical process from planning the surgery to patient recovery.

The recognition comes from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) through the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP).

The ACS NSQIP is a leading surgical quality program, using in depth research and data to determine surgeon performance in eight different areas, including mortality, surgical site infection, and pneumonia.

The hospital is one of 13 in Canada to get the honour, putting it in the top 10 per cent of participating hospitals in the world for surgical quality and patient safety.

RVH does around 15,000 surgeries every year making it the largest surgical program in Simcoe Muskoka. The hospital also partners with smaller hospitals so that patients don’t have to travel far for surgery.

The goal for RVH is to become an Academic Health Sciences Centre, which is a partnership between a health care organization and a university with the aim to collaborate on research, education, and patient care.