Harvest Schedule and Information

Data are submitted through the secure website linked below. STS and DCRI have developed detailed harvest instructions for your convenience.

Submit Data

Username = estsdata
Password = harvest

Please note: If you have changed software vendors since you last harvested data to the STS Data Warehouse, or if your 10-digit Hospital NPI number or Hospital Name has changed, contact Derek Steck at 312-202-5818 or via email immediately.

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

	Opening Date	Closing Date	Reporting Period	Report Posted	Star Rating Report Periods
Data Submission 1	January 22, 2018	February 23, 2018 Opt Out: 2/26/2018	01/01/2015-12/31/2017	Early June	CABG: 01/01/2017-12/31/2017 Valve and Valve + CABG: 01/01/2015-12/31/2017
Data Submission 2	March 26, 2018	May 25, 2018 Opt Out: 5/28/2018	01/01/2016-03/31/2018	End of August 2018
Data Submission 3	June 11, 2018	August 28, 2018 Opt Out: 8/29/2018	01/01/2016-06/30/2018	End of October 2018	CABG: 07/01/2017-06/30/2018 Valve and Valve + CABG: 07/01/2015-06/30/2018
Data Submission 4	September 10, 2018	November 30, 2018 Opt Out: 12/3/2018	01/01/2016-09/30/2018	End of January 2019

Data Submission Close occurs at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the date listed.

Data from the time period July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2017, must be in version 2.81 format of the data specifications. Data from July 1, 2017, and after must be in version 2.9 format of the data specifications.

Please submit only 1 year’s worth of data for each submission period, unless changes were made to the data prior to that date. If that's the case, enter data for the timeframe to include the earliest date of the changed file(s).

Congenital Heart Surgery Database

	Data Submission Opening Date	Data Submission Closing Date	Reporting Period	Report Posted	Notes
Spring 2018 Harvest	October 16, 2017	March 28, 2018 Opt Out: 3/30/2018	01/01/2014-12/31/2017	End of June	Public Reporting Harvest
Fall 2018 Harvest	April 23, 2018	September 28, 2018 Opt Out: 10/1/2018	07/01/2014-06/30/2018	End of December

Data Submission Close occurs at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the date listed.

Please submit only 1 year’s worth of data for each submission period, unless changes were made to the data prior to that date. If that's the case, enter data for the timeframe to include the earliest date of the changed file(s).

General Thoracic Surgery Database

	Data Submission Opening Date	Data Submission Closing Date	Reporting Period	Report Posted	Notes
Spring 2018 Harvest	October 16, 2017	April 4, 2018 Opt Out: 4/6/2018	01/01/2015-12/31/2017	Mid-July	Public Reporting Harvest
Fall 2018 Harvest	April 23, 2018	September 21, 2018 Opt Out: 9/24/2018	07/01/2015-06/30/2018	End of December

Data Submission Close occurs at 5:00 p.m. Eastern on the date listed.

Please submit only 1 year’s worth of data for each submission period, unless changes were made to the data prior to that date. If that's the case, enter data for the timeframe to include the earliest date of the changed file(s).