Cardiac Surgery Register — Cork
Cork University Hospital.
1999-
We started submitting since 1999.
To measure the quality of care of adult cardiac surgery and provide information for quality improvement and research.
HSE South/ South West region, and Mid West region.
Cardiac data collection commenced 1999 and is ongoing.
This register captures data on cardiac surgical stay in the hospital on a computer-based system. This includes demographic, clinical and administrative data.
Medical Personnel, Nursing Personnel, Medical Students and allied Medical Personnel.
Demographics, diagnosis, procedures including surgical procedures performed, admission and discharge data.
Yes, see European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) website. http://www.eacts.org/
No.
Health Card Record number and date of birth.
Gender and age some of the other acquired on admission by hospital records.
Data is collected from the healthcare record and other systems in use in the hospital i.e. cardiac catheterisation laboratory, laboratory, clerical/secretarial.
N/A.
500
Data published in National Adult Cardiac Surgical Database Annual Report, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS). European Database.
Anonymous data in the National Adult Cardiac Surgical Database Report, SCTS.
No.
http://scts.org/