STS / STS Past / MSTCVS Quality Collaborative / Performance Measures / Cardiac Surgery / /
Country
United States / / /
Event
Product Issues / Reorganization / /
Facility
Duke Clinical Research Institute / Washington Hospital Center / Cleveland Clinic / STS Headquarters / University of Colorado Denver / Mayo Clinic / hospital National Provider Identifier / / /
IndustryTerm
insurance / Online Map Bottom line / Online Consumer Reports Public / online versions / online presentation / Online initiatives / patient advocacy groups / important tool / surgical / /
Cardiac surgery / surgery / heart surgery / cardiothoracic surgery / Thoracic Surgery / /
Organization
University of Colorado Denver / Michigan Society of Thoracic / STS Research Center / Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center / Ohio State University’s Comprehensive Transplant Center / Society of Thoracic Surgeons SPECIAL EDITION / Public Reporting Task Force / Task Force / Duke Clinical Research Institute / Congenital Heart Surgery Database Task Force / Society of Thoracic Surgeons / Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery / STS Public Reporting Task Force / Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Task Force / Consumer Reports Health Rating Center / Washington Hospital Center in Washington / Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons / Cardiovascular Surgeons / STS Council on Quality / Research / and Patient Safety / Stanford / /
Person
Robert Robbins / Richard L. Prager / Robert S.D. Higgins / Jeffrey P. Jacobs / Helen Burstin / So John Santa / Paul J. Corso / Stanford Hospitals / Scott Kronenberg / Frederick L. Grover / Bianca Reyes / Fred H. Edwards / David M. Shahian / / /
Position
Vice President / physician / rt / President / current Chair / designated Surgeon / advocate / Director of Cardiac Surgery / Chairman of the Department / single surgeon / Physician Quality Reporting System / Representative / surgeon / Manager of Database Development / hen congenital heart surgeon / Cardiovascular Clinical Outcomes Director / Professor and Director of the Division / Director / Chair / current Chair / President / Chair of the Workforce on National Databases / /
Product
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database / administrative claims data / /
ProvinceOrState
North Dakota / Michigan / California / Maryland / Massachusetts / /
Our mission is to enhance the abilit y of cardiothoracic surgeons to provide t h e h i g h e s t q u a l i t y pa t i e n t c a r e t h r o u g h e d u c a t i o n , r e s e a r c h , a n d a d v o c a c y volume no. 16