The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2016 Annual Report
Recommended Citation
Jacobs JP, Shahian DM, Prager RL, Edwards FH, McDonald D, Han JM, D'Agostino RS, Jacobs ML, Kozower BD, Badhwar V, Thourani VH, Gaissert HA, Fernandez FG, Wright CD, Paone G, Cleveland JC Jr, Brennan JM, Dokholyan RS, Brothers L, Vemulapalli S, Habib RH, O'Brien SM, Peterson ED, Grover FL, Patterson GA, Bavaria JE. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database 2016 Annual Report. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Dec;102(6):1790-1797.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2016
Publication Title
The Annals of thoracic surgery
Abstract
The art and science of outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety continue to evolve, and cardiothoracic surgery leads many of these advances. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database is one of the principal reasons for this leadership role, as it provides a platform for the generation of knowledge in all of these domains. Understanding these topics is a professional responsibility of all cardiothoracic surgeons. Therefore, beginning in January 2016, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery began publishing a monthly series of scholarly articles on outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety. This article provides a summary of the status of the STS National Database as of October 2016 and summarizes the articles about the STS National Database that appeared in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2016 series, "Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety."
Medical Subject Headings
Databases, Factual; Humans; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Patient Safety; Quality Improvement; Societies, Medical; Thoracic Surgical Procedures; United States
PubMed ID
27847042
Volume
102
Issue
6
First Page
1790
Last Page
1797
