The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Outcomes and Quality

Richard S D'Agostino; Jeffrey P Jacobs; Vinay Badhwar; Gaetano Paone; J Scott Rankin; Jane M Han; Donna McDonald; David M Shahian

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.032

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Outcomes and Quality

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jan;101(1):24-32. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.032. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Authors

Richard S D'Agostino¹, Jeffrey P Jacobs², Vinay Badhwar³, Gaetano Paone⁴, J Scott Rankin⁵, Jane M Han⁶, Donna McDonald⁶, David M Shahian⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts. Electronic address: richard.s.d'agostino@lahey.org.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, All Children's Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida.
³ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
⁵ Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁶ The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 26616408
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.11.032

Abstract

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database is one of the longest-standing, largest, and most highly regarded clinical data registries in health care. It serves as the foundation for all quality measurement and improvement activities of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This report summarizes current aggregate national outcomes in adult cardiac surgery and reviews database-related activities in the areas of quality measurement and performance improvement.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiology / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods*
Quality Improvement*
Societies, Medical / statistics & numerical data*
Thoracic Surgery*