The Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Database Program - Two Decades of Quality Assurance Data

Lavinia Tran; Jenni Williams-Spence; Gilbert C Shardey; Julian A Smith; Christopher M Reid

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2019.03.002

The Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Database Program - Two Decades of Quality Assurance Data

Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Oct;28(10):1459-1462. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.03.002. Epub 2019 Mar 18.

Authors

Lavinia Tran¹, Jenni Williams-Spence², Gilbert C Shardey³, Julian A Smith⁴, Christopher M Reid⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
² Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Cabrini Medical Centre, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁴ Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash Health, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.

PMID: 30962063
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.03.002

Abstract

Over two decades, the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) cardiac surgery database program has evolved from a single state-based database to a national clinical quality registry program and is now the most comprehensive cardiac surgical registry in Australia. We report the current structure and governance of the program and its key activities.

Keywords: Cardiac surgery; Clinical quality registry; Database program.

Copyright © 2019 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Australia
Data Management / standards*
Humans
New Zealand
Quality Assurance, Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Registries*
Societies, Medical*
Thoracic Surgery / statistics & numerical data*
Thoracic Surgical Procedures / standards*