News & Events

Upcoming Events

The SCSQC meets 3 times per year (in person) to discuss current work and upcoming initiatives. If you are interested in attending an upcoming meeting, please reach out to us at scsqc@healthsciencessc.org.

2026 SCSQC Meetings:
January 22, 2026 (virtual)
February 18, 2026 (in person)
April 23, 2026 (virtual)
June 17, 2026 (in person)
August 27, 2026 (virtual)
November 4, 2026 (in person)

News & Publications

Surgical Outcomes Improvement and Health Inequity in a Regional Quality Collaborative
Journal of the American College of Surgeons: April 2022 – Volume 234 – Issue 4 – p 607-614

Facilitated Regional Collaboration and In-Hospital Surgical Complication
Journal of the American College of Surgeons: April 2021 – Volume 232 – Issue 4 – p 536-543

The South Carolina Surgical Quality Collaborative: A New Effort to Improve Surgical Outcomes in South Carolina
June 2018, The American surgeon 84(6):916-919

Recordings & Webinars

ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery—Improving Opioid Stewardship Across the Surgical Continuum – Mark Lockett, MD, Thomas Curran, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS, Katherine Morgan, MD, FACS (May 2023)

Drive to Zero Harm: Surgical Site Infection Prevention and the SCSQC – Mark Lockett, MD (March 2023)