Playing by the numbers: How collecting outcomes data changed my life☆
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Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Guideline
2007, Annals of Thoracic SurgeryCitation Excerpt :Most importantly, this requires active participation of all members of the health care team [661]. As an example, one successful set of innovative TQM studies was carried out by the Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group [662–665]. These investigators used a risk-adjustment scheme to predict mortality in patients undergoing CABG at five different institutions.
Evidence-based surgery
2006, Surgical Clinics of North AmericaCitation Excerpt :They have demonstrated shortened length of stay, reduced costs, and improved outcome with a judicious mix of their own risk-adjusted data and application of best evidence. All six units in the NNECVDSG have demonstrated benefits, and all have contributed to improved outcomes [24–26]. External drivers to push clinical practice toward a more standardized EBSP (perhaps the term “best practice” ought to be used) are principally three.
Monitoring outcomes with relational databases: Does it improve quality of care?
2004, Journal of Critical CareCardiac surgery report cards: Comprehensive review and statistical critique
2001, Annals of Thoracic SurgeryCitation Excerpt :In the Alabama Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Cooperative Project [58], statewide unadjusted and risk-adjusted mortality for 1995 and 1996 varied from 2% to 12%. Risk-adjusted cardiac surgery databases continue to be used by institutions [74], cities [94], states [7, 26–60], regions [20–25], the Veterans Affairs Administration [61–67], and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons [68–73] for both academic and quality improvement purposes. Certain uses of such databases have been highly controversial.
Quantifying risk and assessing outcome in cardiac surgery
1998, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaCalculating risk and outcome: The Veterans Affairs database
1996, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Presented at the National Symposium on Using Outcomes Data to Improve Clinical Practice: Building on Models From Cardiac Surgery, Keystone, CO, June 6–7, 1994.