Ten Years of Data Verification: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Audits

Author:

Overman David M.12,Jacobs Marshall L.3,O’Brien James E.4,Kumar S. Ram56,Mayer John E.7,Ebel Angela8,Clarke David R.9,Jacobs Jeffrey P.210

Affiliation:

1. Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Children’s Heart Clinic, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

3. Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, John’s Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

4. Department of Surgery, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The Ward Family Heart Center, Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA

5. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

6. The Heart Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

7. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

8. Cardiac Registry Support, LLC, St Cloud, MN, USA

9. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

10. Division of Cardiovascular of Surgery, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA

Abstract

Background: The completeness and accuracy of data contained within clinical databases and registries is critical to the reliability of reports emanating from these platforms. Therefore, vigorous data verification processes are a core competency of any mature database or registry. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS CHSD) has conducted audits of participant data for just over ten years. This report documents the validity of data elements within the STS CHSD. Methods: We review the various elements of a robust audit process, detail the STS CHSD audit methodology, and report completeness and agreement rates for all adjudicated fields in the most recently completed audit. Results: The rate of completeness for general data elements was 97.6% and the rate of agreement was 97.4%. The rate of completeness for variables in the mortality review was 100% and the rate of agreement was 99.3%. Conclusions: The STS CHSD audit is a highly structured and reproducible process. The most recently completed audit documents a very high level of completeness and accuracy of data variables, particularly those most germane to outcomes measurement.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health,Surgery

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