Improvement of accuracy of clinical reports--the case of IVF cycle rank.
OBJECTIVE
Accurate clinical reports of In Vitro Fertilization Cycle Rank (IVF-CR) are important because of their predictive value of treatment success--clinical pregnancy. Our district currently provides more than a hundred IVF pick-up cycles per month. The study objective was to evaluate and improve the accuracy of IVF units' reports of IVF-CR.


METHODS
Reports of IVF-CR from local IVF units were correlated with administrative data. Couples who were having IVF treatments during the 3-month study period were included in the study. Data were collected before and after an intervention program.


RESULTS
During the study period accurate IVF-CR reporting rate improved from 27% (29 out of 108) to 83% (91 out of 110).


CONCLUSIONS
Accuracy of clinical reports of IVF-CR from local units significantly improved after the intervention. It is recommended that national regulatory bodies should issue compulsory guidelines for the recording and reporting of IVF-CR.
Rosenfeld
Yaakov
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School of Public Health, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel. r_yaakov@netvision.net.il
Strulov
Avshalom
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D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results