The STS National Database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium

TB Ferguson Jr, SW Dziuban Jr, FH Edwards… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2000 - Elsevier
… a series of significant changes have been implemented in the National Database (NDB) for
STS) for its membership 1, 2, 3, 4. The purpose of this article is twofold: (1) to provide the STS

The STS national database

FL Grover, DM Shahian, RE Clark… - The Annals of …, 2014 - annalsthoracicsurgery.org
… The adult cardiac risk model's statistical methodology was changed from a Bayesian
approach to logistic regression analysis. Under the leadership of Drs Edwards and Shroyer, new

A decade of change—risk profiles and outcomes for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting procedures, 1990–1999: a report from the STS National Database …

…, FL Grover, STS National Database Committee - The Annals of thoracic …, 2002 - Elsevier
… in quality improvement in CABG will produce sustained improvements in surgical outcomes
after CABG during the first decade of the new millennium. Missing data in the STS NCD …

Validity of the society of thoracic surgeons national adult cardiac surgery database

KF Welke, TB Ferguson, LP Coombs… - The Annals of …, 2004 - annalsthoracicsurgery.org
… The STS National Database current changes and challenges for the new millennium. … letter
summarizing key data quality concerns for a particular site is sent from STS headquarters to …

Partnering with payers to improve surgical quality: the Michigan plan

NJO Birkmeyer, D Share, DA Campbell, RL Prager… - Surgery, 2005 - surgjournal.com
… The STS National Database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium.
Committee to establish a national database in cardiothoracic surgery. The Society of Thoracic …

A decade's experience with quality improvement in cardiac surgery using the Veterans Affairs and Society of Thoracic Surgeons national databases

FL Grover, ALW Shroyer, K Hammermeister… - Annals of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
… In 1995, this risk-modeling methodology was changed to a … in the STS National Cardiac
Surgery Database, with up to 450 … to the challenge of getting good data, we are relying on data

An innovative new concept for quality measurement in adult cardiac surgery

FL Grover - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2007 - annalsthoracicsurgery.org
… The STS national database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium. … by
the NQF, 18/21 of which are from the STS National Database. (4) The measure selection will be …

Database audit in thoracic surgery

MJ Magee - Thoracic Surgery Clinics, 2017 - thoracic.theclinics.com
… The STS national database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium. …
Combined, the STS national database represents the largest repository of patients and clinical …

[PDF][PDF] Why we still need randomized trials to compare effectiveness

L Mauri - N Engl J Med, 2012 - solaci.org
… of an algorithm that matched the registry data to administrative data. As might be expected in
… The STS National Database: current changes and challenges for the new millennium. Ann …

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TB Ferguson Jr, SW Dziubian, FH Edwards - Ann Thorac Surg, 2000