title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2016 Update on Outcomes and Quality.
abstract: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database is one of the longest-standing, largest, and most highly regarded clinical data registries in health care. It serves as the foundation for all quality measurement and improvement activities of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This report summarizes current aggregate national outcomes in adult cardiac surgery and reviews database-related activities in the areas of quality measurement and performance improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts. Electronic address: richard.s.d'agostino@lahey.org.
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, All Children's Hospital and Florida Hospital for Children, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Badhwar
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paone
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Center for Quality and Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shahian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002309:Cardiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery