Stahel, Philip F.
Belk, Kathy W.
McInnis, Samantha J.
Holland, Kathryn
Nanz, Roy
Beals, Joseph
Gosnell, Jaclyn
Ogundele, Olufunmilayo
Mastriani, Katherine S.
Article History
Received: 7 December 2023
Accepted: 16 February 2024
First Online: 7 March 2024
Declarations
:
: This study was reviewed by the HCA Healthcare Institutional Review Board (IRB) and was deemed exempt from IRB oversight (ID# 2023 − 1146).
: Individual patient consent was not required due to the retrospective study design based on a deidentified data registry.
: Not applicable.
: J.B., K.W.B. and S.J.M. are employees of Spacelabs Healthcare, the commercial entity behind the Rothman Index. Neither Spacelabs nor any Spacelabs-affiliated authors received additional funding or compensation for this study. P.F.S., K.H., R.N., J.G., and O.O. are employed by HCA Healthcare. The views expressed in this manuscript exclusively represent the authors’ personal perspective and do not necessarily represent official views of HCA Healthcare or any of its affiliated entities. P.F.S. is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal (www.pssjournal.com). K.H. and R.N. are guest editors of a special edition entitled “Machine learning approach for improvement of patient safety in surgery.” These co-authors attest that they were not involved in the peer-review process or editorial management and decision-making related to this submission. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this study.