title: Data collection key to effective perfusion benchmarking.
abstract: Quality improvement for cardiac surgery focuses on perfusion services. National and regional projects are taking a closer look at morbidity and mortality associated with extracorporeal perfusion. Find out how researchers in New England are gathering and using data to give a detailed picture of risks the life-saving technology may introduce.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000592:standards*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D009513:New Hampshire / Q000453:epidemiology; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care