TY - JOUR
T1 - The Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Database Program – Two Decades of Quality Assurance Data
AU - Tran, Lavinia
AU - Williams-Spence, Jenni
AU - Shardey, Gilbert C.
AU - Smith, Julian A.
AU - Reid, Christopher M.
PY - 2019/10/1
Y1 - 2019/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cardiac surgery
KW - Clinical quality registry
KW - Database program
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063762780&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.03.002
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 30962063
AN - SCOPUS:85063762780
SN - 1443-9506
VL - 28
SP - 1459
EP - 1462
JO - Heart Lung and Circulation
JF - Heart Lung and Circulation
IS - 10
ER -