[The QuIK-Registry of the German Society of Cardiologists in private practice: countrywide and benchmarking quality assurance in invasive cardiology].
QuIK is the German acronym for QUality Assurance in Invasive Cardiology. It describes the continuous project of an electronic data collection in Cardiac catheterization laboratories all over Germany. Mainly members of the German Society of Cardiologists in Private Practice (BNK) participate in this computer based project. Since 1996 data of diagnostic and interventional procedures are collected and send to a registry-center where a regular benchmarking analysis of the results is performed. Part of the project is a yearly auditing process including an on-site visit to the cath lab to guarantee for the reliability of information collected. Since 1996 about one million procedures have been documented.
Albrecht
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A
Kardiologische Gemeinschaftspraxis und Herzkatheterlabor am St. Gertrauden Krankenhaus, Berlin. Albrecht.alexander@t-online.de
Levenson
B
B
Göhring
S
S
Haerer
W
W
Reifart
N
N
Ringwald
G
G
Troger
B
B
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011331:Private Practice / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*