Katherine R Iverson
Biographic Data
| ID | 9001063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine R Iverson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine R |
| FAMILY NAME | Iverson |
| SIGNATURE | IVERSON K R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Medical College of Wisconsin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5261-8027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Building better outcomes
Surgical outcomes in low- and middle-income countries are significantly worse than in their high-income country counter parts. Registries are an important tool in quality improvement as they facilitate collection and analysis of comprehensive patient data to be used for benchmarking outcomes. Despite the known efficacy of such registries, they are sparse in low- and middle-income countries. Ethiopia, however has had success implementing periopera…
The Ethiopian Surgical Outcome Study (Ethio-SOS)
INTRODUCTION: Safe surgical care is a cost-effective intervention for addressing a wide range of conditions, yet postoperative complications remain a leading global cause of disability, mortality and economic loss, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. This study aims to generate robust epidemiological data on postoperative outcomes for surgical patients in Ethiopia. METHOD: This 7 day national observational cohort study …
Quality and sustainability of Ethiopia’s national surgical indicators
In 2015, the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) developed the Saving Lives through Safe Surgery (SaLTS) initiative to improve national surgical care. Previous work led to development and implementation of 15 surgical key performance indicators (KPIs) to standardize surgical data practices. The objective of this project is to investigate current practices of KPI data collection and assess quality to improve data management and strengthen …
Surgical data strengthening in Ethiopia
Study results are largely positive and make evident that surgical data capture is feasible in low-resource settings and warrants more investment in global surgery efforts. This type of training and mentorship model can be successful in changing individual behavior and institutional culture regarding surgical data collection and reporting. Use of the Kirkpatrick Framework for evaluation of a surgical DQI is an innovative contribution to literature…
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Surgical data strengthening in Ethiopia
Study results are largely positive and make evident that surgical data capture is feasible in low-resource settings and warrants more investment in global surgery efforts. This type of training and mentorship model can be successful in changing individual behavior and institutional culture regarding surgical data collection and reporting. Use of the Kirkpatrick Framework for evaluation of a surgical DQI is an innovative contribution to literature…
Quality and sustainability of Ethiopia’s national surgical indicators
In 2015, the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) developed the Saving Lives through Safe Surgery (SaLTS) initiative to improve national surgical care. Previous work led to development and implementation of 15 surgical key performance indicators (KPIs) to standardize surgical data practices. The objective of this project is to investigate current practices of KPI data collection and assess quality to improve data management and strengthen …
The Ethiopian Surgical Outcome Study (Ethio-SOS)
INTRODUCTION: Safe surgical care is a cost-effective intervention for addressing a wide range of conditions, yet postoperative complications remain a leading global cause of disability, mortality and economic loss, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. This study aims to generate robust epidemiological data on postoperative outcomes for surgical patients in Ethiopia. METHOD: This 7 day national observational cohort study …
Building better outcomes
Surgical outcomes in low- and middle-income countries are significantly worse than in their high-income country counter parts. Registries are an important tool in quality improvement as they facilitate collection and analysis of comprehensive patient data to be used for benchmarking outcomes. Despite the known efficacy of such registries, they are sparse in low- and middle-income countries. Ethiopia, however has had success implementing periopera…
Global Health and Surgery (4 works) · Data collection (3 works) · Data quality (3 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Management system (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Operations management (2 works) · Quality management (2 works) · Accountability (1 work)