Submit your anesthesiology data to the Congenital Heart Surgery Database
US Maps of STS National Database Participants (as of 8.23.2010)
STS has created maps of the US showing the number of STS National Database participants per state:
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Participant Map
General Thoracic Surgery Database Participant Map
Congenital Heart Surgery Database Participant Map
The 2010 STS National Database Harvest Schedule has been released
The 2010 STS National Database harvest schedules have been released. See below.
2010 Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Harvest Schedule
2010 General Thoracic Surgery Database Harvest Schedule
2010 Congenital Heart Surgery Database Harvest Schedule
The Congenital Heart Surgery Database Data Specifications have been released
The General Thoracic Surgery Database is now open to general surgeons
STS Board of Directors has expanded eligibility for participation in the General Thoracic Surgery Database to include non-cardiothoracic surgeons (general surgeons). By including general surgeons, the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database will be more representative of the practice of general thoracic surgery.
If any general surgeons at your site perform procedures currently being submitted to the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database, please take a moment to update your contact information on file at STS.
Using the Participant Contact Form and the General Thoracic Surgery Database Schedule A - Surgeon Signature Form below, please fax the contact information for your general surgeons to:
Gerry Tarafa, Operations Manager, STS National Database
Fax Number: 312/202.5867
Please remember, all data submitted to the STS National Database, must have the surgeon’s signature on file at STS.
STS Participant Contact Form (All "Surgeon Only" information must be completed)
(This Schedule A is ONLY for General Thoracic Surgery Database participation). Please indicate "General Surgeon" for each general surgeon added.
General Thoracic Surgery Database Schedule A - Surgeon Signature Form
If you are adding a surgeon to the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, please use the standard Schedule A - Surgeon signature sheet
Schedule A - Surgeon Signature Form - Adult Cardiac Surgery Database or Congenital Heart Surgery Database (ONLY).
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Clinical Data Specialist Map REVISED!
The map of the US identifying Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) Clinical Data Specialists (CDS) for the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database has changed! Due to the growth in the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, DCRI has added a third CDS.
Your CDS is a valuable resource for the STS National Database. Each CDS will assist you to:
• answer questions pertaining to the harvest timelines
• monitor data specification questions
• resolve data transmission problems
• clarify data quality report concerns
• verify receipt of data submissions
• interpret national report matters
• update your contact information
The three CDS’s for the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database are: Carol Elliot, Carolyn Lumpkins, and Haywood Allen. Carol Elliott will also assist Leigh Ann Jones as Backup CDS in the General Thoracic Surgery Database and Congenital Heart Surgery Database.
All CDS contact information is on the map.
Please take a moment to print and review the US map to familiarize yourself with the CDS for your state.
Associate Member category is open to Data Managers
STS has expanded its Associate Member category to include scientists at the doctorate level conducing research in the field of thoracic surgery, physician assistants, perfusionists, nurses, nurse practitioners, practice administrators, data managers, and other non-physician allied health care professionals who support and work directly with thoracic surgeons.
The STS Membership and Associate Membership applications are now online.
Click on the link to access the Membership brochure and to download the application:
Become a Member
Additional information on the STS Associate Membership category can be obtained by contacting Sonia Armendariz at SArmendariz@sts.org.
Composite Quality Measurement Methodology Executive Summary
The STS Composite Quality Measurement Methodology Executive Summary is now available.
Quick Links
STS has added quick links that will allow visitors on the STS website to easily access two of the most used web pages.
To locate the STS web page that will guide you through the Steps to Participation in the STS National Database, use the following quick link: www.sts.org/participate.
To locate the STS web page for data managers of the STS National Database, use the following quick link: www.sts.org/datamanager.
