The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand

Background: Collection of multi-institutional data pertaining to the treatment of bowel cancer has been hindered by poor clinician compliance with data entry and the lack of incentive to participate. Objective: This study aimed to establish if a novel browser-based model of data collection results i...

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Main Authors: McMurrick, P., Oliva, K., Carne, P., Reid, Christopher, Polglase, A., Bell, S., Farmer, K., Ranchod, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42561
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author McMurrick, P.
Oliva, K.
Carne, P.
Reid, Christopher
Polglase, A.
Bell, S.
Farmer, K.
Ranchod, P.
author_facet McMurrick, P.
Oliva, K.
Carne, P.
Reid, Christopher
Polglase, A.
Bell, S.
Farmer, K.
Ranchod, P.
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description Background: Collection of multi-institutional data pertaining to the treatment of bowel cancer has been hindered by poor clinician compliance with data entry and the lack of incentive to participate. Objective: This study aimed to establish if a novel browser-based model of data collection results in complete data capture. Design: A Web-based data collection interface was custom written, offering automated reporting modules for clinical outcome to participants and an automated reporting system for outstanding data fields, and summary reporting of surgical quality outcomes. The software was combined with a clinical feedback system incorporating fortnightly data review meetings, at the time of clinical multidisciplinary meetings. Patients And Setting: Selected were 932 consecutive patients with opt-out consent from 3 hospital sites, including public and private medicine. Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcomes measured were the analysis of data completeness and accuracy and ensuring that the highest-quality data were used for clinical audit of the surgical practices of Australian colorectal surgeons for the purpose of quality assurance. Results: A total of 932 men and women, 22 to 94 years of age, treated for colorectal neoplasia were evaluated. We obtained 100% completion (>27,000 data points) of perioperative data registered by 8 specialist colorectal surgeons and a full-time database manager. Conclusions: Data completeness and validity are essential for clinical databases to serve the purpose of quality assurance, benchmarking, and research. The results confirm the safety and efficacy of colorectal cancer surgery in both the public and private sector in Australia. The combination of a simple multiuser interface, defined data points, automated result-reporting modules, and data-deficiency reminder module resulted in 100% data compliance in nearly 1000 clinical episodes. The unprecedented success of this model has lead to the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand adopting this model for data collection for Australia and New Zealand as the binational database. © The ASCRS 2014.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-425612017-09-13T14:24:48Z The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand McMurrick, P. Oliva, K. Carne, P. Reid, Christopher Polglase, A. Bell, S. Farmer, K. Ranchod, P. Background: Collection of multi-institutional data pertaining to the treatment of bowel cancer has been hindered by poor clinician compliance with data entry and the lack of incentive to participate. Objective: This study aimed to establish if a novel browser-based model of data collection results in complete data capture. Design: A Web-based data collection interface was custom written, offering automated reporting modules for clinical outcome to participants and an automated reporting system for outstanding data fields, and summary reporting of surgical quality outcomes. The software was combined with a clinical feedback system incorporating fortnightly data review meetings, at the time of clinical multidisciplinary meetings. Patients And Setting: Selected were 932 consecutive patients with opt-out consent from 3 hospital sites, including public and private medicine. Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcomes measured were the analysis of data completeness and accuracy and ensuring that the highest-quality data were used for clinical audit of the surgical practices of Australian colorectal surgeons for the purpose of quality assurance. Results: A total of 932 men and women, 22 to 94 years of age, treated for colorectal neoplasia were evaluated. We obtained 100% completion (>27,000 data points) of perioperative data registered by 8 specialist colorectal surgeons and a full-time database manager. Conclusions: Data completeness and validity are essential for clinical databases to serve the purpose of quality assurance, benchmarking, and research. The results confirm the safety and efficacy of colorectal cancer surgery in both the public and private sector in Australia. The combination of a simple multiuser interface, defined data points, automated result-reporting modules, and data-deficiency reminder module resulted in 100% data compliance in nearly 1000 clinical episodes. The unprecedented success of this model has lead to the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand adopting this model for data collection for Australia and New Zealand as the binational database. © The ASCRS 2014. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42561 10.1097/DCR.0000000000000041 restricted
spellingShingle McMurrick, P.
Oliva, K.
Carne, P.
Reid, Christopher
Polglase, A.
Bell, S.
Farmer, K.
Ranchod, P.
The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand
title The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand
title_full The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand
title_fullStr The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand
title_full_unstemmed The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand
title_short The first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: Development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of Australia and New Zealand
title_sort first 1000 patients on an internet-based colorectal neoplasia database across private and public medicine in australia: development of a binational model for the colorectal surgical society of australia and new zealand
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42561