Finding meaning in measurement: time to make the national conversation around quality of care in anesthesiology louder

Maha Al Mandhari^{1

2}, Tariq Esmail^{1

2

3}, Justyna Bartoszko^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Sinai Health System, and Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Sprott Center for Quality & Safety, Sprott Department of Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Sinai Health System, and Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. justyna.bartoszko@uhn.ca.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. justyna.bartoszko@uhn.ca.
⁶ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, 3EN-464, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. justyna.bartoszko@uhn.ca.

Editorial

Maha Al Mandhari et al. Can J Anaesth. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;72(5):683-693.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-025-02944-0. Epub 2025 May 20.

Maha Al Mandhari^{1

2}, Tariq Esmail^{1

2

3}, Justyna Bartoszko^{4

5

6}

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Sinai Health System, and Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Sprott Center for Quality & Safety, Sprott Department of Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, Sinai Health System, and Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. justyna.bartoszko@uhn.ca.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. justyna.bartoszko@uhn.ca.
⁶ Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth Street, 3EN-464, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. justyna.bartoszko@uhn.ca.

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