TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction to the STS National Database Series
T2 - Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety
AU - Jacobs, Jeffrey P.
AU - Shahian, David M.
AU - Prager, Richard L.
AU - Edwards, Fred H.
AU - McDonald, Donna
AU - Han, Jane M.
AU - D'Agostino, Richard S.
AU - Jacobs, Marshall L.
AU - Kozower, Benjamin D.
AU - Badhwar, Vinay
AU - Thourani, Vinod H.
AU - Gaissert, Henning A.
AU - Fernandez, Felix G.
AU - Wright, Cam
AU - Fann, James I.
AU - Paone, Gaetano
AU - Sanchez, Juan A.
AU - Cleveland, Joseph C.
AU - Brennan, J. Matthew
AU - Dokholyan, Rachel S.
AU - O'Brien, Sean M.
AU - Peterson, Eric D.
AU - Grover, Frederick L.
AU - Patterson, G. Alexander
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database is the foundation for most of the Society's quality, research, and patient safety activities. Beginning in January 2016 and repeating each year, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery will publish a monthly Database series of scholarly articles on outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety. Six articles will be directly derived from the STS National Database and will be published every other month: three articles on outcomes and quality (one each from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database, and the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database), and three articles on research (one from each of these three specialty databases). These six articles will alternate with five additional articles on topics related to patient safety. The final article, to be published in December, will provide a summary of the prior 11 manuscripts. This series will allow STS and its Workforces on National Databases, Research Development, and Patient Safety to convey timely information aimed at improving the quality and safety of cardiothoracic surgery.
AB - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database is the foundation for most of the Society's quality, research, and patient safety activities. Beginning in January 2016 and repeating each year, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery will publish a monthly Database series of scholarly articles on outcomes analysis, quality improvement, and patient safety. Six articles will be directly derived from the STS National Database and will be published every other month: three articles on outcomes and quality (one each from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database, and the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database), and three articles on research (one from each of these three specialty databases). These six articles will alternate with five additional articles on topics related to patient safety. The final article, to be published in December, will provide a summary of the prior 11 manuscripts. This series will allow STS and its Workforces on National Databases, Research Development, and Patient Safety to convey timely information aimed at improving the quality and safety of cardiothoracic surgery.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.060
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.10.060
M3 - Article
C2 - 26525868
AN - SCOPUS:84955506262
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 100
SP - 1992
EP - 2000
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -