Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun;109(6):1646-1655. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.003. Epub 2020 Apr 2.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database is the most mature and comprehensive database in cardiac surgery and one of the most respected clinical data registries in health care. It is widely acknowledged for accurately benchmarking risk-adjusted outcomes and serving as the foundation for quality measurement and improvement activities in cardiac surgery. In addition, the database is a valuable resource for novel research. The advent of the database's fourth decade in operation is being heralded with major revisions to its functionality, ease of use, and value to multiple stakeholders. This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports that provides updated national outcomes, volume trends, and database-related developments, as well as a summary of research performed in the past year using data from this valuable repository on quality and performance improvement.
美国胸外科医师学会成人心脏外科学数据库是心脏外科学中最成熟、最全面的数据库，也是医疗保健领域最受尊敬的临床数据注册之一。它以准确地对风险调整后的结果进行基准测试，并作为心脏外科学质量测量和改进活动的基础而广受认可。此外，该数据库还是新颖研究的宝贵资源。该数据库运营进入第四个十年之际，其功能、易用性和对多方利益相关者的价值都进行了重大修订，这一消息备受关注。本报告是一系列年度报告中的第五份，提供了最新的全国结果、数量趋势以及与数据库相关的发展情况，并总结了过去一年中利用该宝贵资源库进行的有关质量和绩效改进的研究。
