Data quality and auditing within the Netherlands Heart Registration: using the PCI registry as an example.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this article is to present the method and results of the data quality control system and audit within the Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR) using data of patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the Netherlands as an example.

Methods

The NHR is a Dutch nationwide registry of all cardiac interventions, comprising data from all 71 hospitals, of which 30 are cardiac intervention or heart centres. Each year, within the NHR, data validation and verification is performed by standard quality controls and monitoring visits (audits). For the audit in 2019, a sample of 50-100 medical records of patients treated with PCI in 2016 and 2017 were reviewed in each hospital by an independent auditor. The data received by the NHR were compared with

SUBMITTER: Houterman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10444924 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature