Pediatric Intensive Care Databases for Quality Improvement

Abstract

The availability and breadth of collected data has grown exponentially in pediatric critical care medicine. This growth is driven by the practitioners' desire to understand and improve practice. In this manuscript, the author details the registry design factors that must be considered to meet quality improvement and safety needs in pediatric critical care units. The challenges to maintain a high standard database and data on health care delivery performances using the VPS registry data are provided.

Keywords

children - quality improvement - electronic databases - intensive care

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