TY - JOUR
T1 - The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
T2 - The Dawn of a New Era of Global Communication and Quality Improvement in Congenital Heart Disease
AU - St. Louis, James D.
AU - Kurosawa, Hiromi
AU - Jonas, Richard A.
AU - Sandoval, Nestor
AU - Cervantes, Jorge
AU - Tchervenkov, Christo I.
AU - Jacobs, Jeffery P.
AU - Sakamoto, Kisaburo
AU - Stellin, Giovanni
AU - Kirklin, James K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery was founded with the mission to “promote the highest quality comprehensive cardiac care to all patients with congenital heart disease, from the fetus to the adult, regardless of the patient’s economic means, with an emphasis on excellence in teaching, research, and community service.” Early on, the Society’s members realized that a crucial step in meeting this goal was to establish a global database that would collect vital information, allowing cardiac surgical centers worldwide to benchmark their outcomes and improve the quality of congenital heart disease care. With tireless efforts from all corners of the globe and utilizing the vast experience and invaluable input of multiple international experts, such a platform of global information exchange was created: The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease went live on January 1, 2017. This database has been thoughtfully designed to produce meaningful performance and quality analyses of surgical outcomes extending beyond immediate hospital survival, allowing capture of important morbidities and mortalities for up to 1 year postoperatively. In order to advance the societal mission, this quality improvement program is available free of charge to WSPCHS members. In establishing the World Database, the Society has taken an essential step to further the process of global improvement in care for children with congenital heart disease.
AB - The World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery was founded with the mission to “promote the highest quality comprehensive cardiac care to all patients with congenital heart disease, from the fetus to the adult, regardless of the patient’s economic means, with an emphasis on excellence in teaching, research, and community service.” Early on, the Society’s members realized that a crucial step in meeting this goal was to establish a global database that would collect vital information, allowing cardiac surgical centers worldwide to benchmark their outcomes and improve the quality of congenital heart disease care. With tireless efforts from all corners of the globe and utilizing the vast experience and invaluable input of multiple international experts, such a platform of global information exchange was created: The World Database for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease went live on January 1, 2017. This database has been thoughtfully designed to produce meaningful performance and quality analyses of surgical outcomes extending beyond immediate hospital survival, allowing capture of important morbidities and mortalities for up to 1 year postoperatively. In order to advance the societal mission, this quality improvement program is available free of charge to WSPCHS members. In establishing the World Database, the Society has taken an essential step to further the process of global improvement in care for children with congenital heart disease.
KW - congenital heart disease (CHD)
KW - congenital heart surgery
KW - database (all types)
KW - international collaboration
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U2 - 10.1177/2150135117725458
DO - 10.1177/2150135117725458
M3 - Article
C2 - 28901228
AN - SCOPUS:85060284929
SN - 2150-1351
VL - 8
SP - 597
EP - 599
JO - World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
JF - World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
IS - 5
ER -