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To participate in this national initiative to improve cardiac surgery heath outcomes, contact us. ANZSCTS General Enquires: The ANZSCTS Database Program DATABASE PROGRAM Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 3 9903 0518 CONTACT US

Contracts and Billing: A: ANZSCTS Database Program Mr Gil Shardey (Chairman ASCRI Ltd.) Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Email: [email protected] Medicine Phone: +61 3 9509 8333 , The Alfred Centre, Level 6, 99 Commercial Road VIC 3004. T: +61 3 9903 0518 E: [email protected]

ANZSCTS Database Brochure v1.1 2016 ABOUT US PARTICIPATION GOVERNANCE

The ANZSCTS Database Program was founded in There are currently twenty-three public (out The Governance of the ANZSCTS Database Program 1999 as an initiative of the Australian and New of twenty-four) and eight private hospitals enrolled in is within the operating principles established by the Zealand Society of Cardiac Thoracic Surgeons the program Australia wide. Australia Commission for Safety and Quality in (ANZSCTS), Monash University, and the Victorian Healthcare. Department of Health. Since then, the program has Funding is provided by the Department of Health (VIC), All program matters are governed by the ANZSCTS expanded nationally to become Australia’s only the Clinical Excellence Commission (NSW) and individu- Steering Committee. Membership includes clinical adult cardiac surgery database. al units. representatives, epidemiologists, health policy and Public Hospitals quality of care experts. The ANZSCTS Database Program is an established QUEENSLAND PRIVACY quality assurance program with aims to: Alfred Gold Coast University Austin Hospital Hospital All information collected is treated as confidential Prince Charles Hospital  Monitor patient treatment and outcomes Geelong Hospital and is protected by privacy legislation. Information  Track serious complications Monash Medical Centre Princess Alexandra Hospital disclosure is compliant with the law and only occurs  Benchmark unit performance nationally Townsville Hospital with patient permission.  Standardise quality of treatment and care for St Vincent’s Hospital SOUTH AUSTRALIA Royal Adelaide Hospital patients NEW SOUTH WALES John Hunter Hospital Flinders Medical Centre  Encourage research into improved cardiac healthcare Liverpool Hospital WESTERN AUSTRALIA Fiona Stanley Hospital Prince of Wales Hospital Royal North Shore Hospital Sir Charles Gairdner The Data Custodian is Professor Christopher Reid, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Hospital

Director of the Centre for Cardiovascular Research St George Hospital ACT and Education in Therapeutics (CCRET), Monash St Vincent’s Hospital Canberra Hospital University. CCRET is responsible for the Westmead Hospital management and maintenance of the program.

Private Hospitals REPORTING VICTORIA QUEENSLAND Cabrini Private Hospital Holy Spirit Northside Clinical reports on endorsed Quality Indicators, are Epworth Healthcare Mater Health Services provided to participating hospitals biannually. Jesse McPherson WESTERN AUSTRALIA Peninsula Private St John of God, Subiaco Data requests for research purposes require NEW SOUTH WALES Lake Macquarie approval from the ANZSCTS Database Steering Committee. Once approved, de-identified data will accessible online.

ANZSCTS Database Brochure v1.1 2016