title: The All New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Quality Improvement Programme: Implementation, Methodology and Cohorts (ANZACS-QI 9).
abstract: The All New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Quality Improvement programme (ANZACS-QI) uses a web-based system to create a clinical registry of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and other cardiac problems admitted to hospitals across New Zealand. This detailed clinical registry is complemented by parallel analyses of, and individual linkage to, New Zealand's multiple routine health information datasets. The programme is primarily designed to support secondary care clinicians to implement evidence based guidelines and to meet national performance targets for New Zealand cardiac patients. ANZACS-QI simultaneously generates a large-scale research database and provides an electronic data infrastructure for clinical registry studies. ANZACS-QI has been successfully implemented in all the 41 public hospitals across New Zealand where acute cardiac patients are admitted. By June 2015 25,273 patients with suspected ACS and 30,696 referred for coronary angiography were registered in ANZACS-QI. In this report we describe the development and national implementation of ANZACS-QI, its governance, the data collection processes and the current ANZACS-QI cohorts and available outputs.
authors: Cardiologist, Cardiology Department, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, and Honorary Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland.
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Kerr
authors: Cardiologist, Cardiology Department, Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, and Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin.
authors: Michael Ja
authors: MJ
authors: Williams
authors: Cardiologist, Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, and Honorary Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland.
authors: Harvey
authors: H
authors: White
authors: Cardiologist Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, and Heart Foundation Chair of Heart Health, University of Auckland.
authors: Rob
authors: R
authors: Doughty
authors: Cardiologist, Cardiology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton; Gerard Devlin, Cardiologist, Cardiology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, and Honorary Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland.
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Nunn
authors: Cardiologist, Cardiology Department, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, and Honorary Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland.
authors: Gerard
authors: G
authors: Devlin
authors: Public Health Physician, and National Heart Foundation Fellow.
authors: Corina
authors: C
authors: Grey
authors: Health Analyst, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.
authors: Mildred
authors: M
authors: Lee
authors: Staff nurse, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.
authors: Charmaine
authors: C
authors: Flynn
authors: Staff nurse, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch.
authors: Maxine
authors: M
authors: Rhodes
authors: Project manager, National Institute of Health Care Innovation, University of Auckland.
authors: Kristin
authors: K
authors: Sutherland
authors: Associate Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland.
authors: Sue
authors: S
authors: Wells
authors: Professor, School of Population Health, University of Auckland.
authors: Rod
authors: R
authors: Jackson
authors: Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, and Honorary Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland.
authors: Ralph
authors: R
authors: Stewart
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D016730:Program Development / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D012042:Registries; D017678:Sex Distribution