The Rationale for Incorporation of HIPAA Compliant Unique Patient, Surgeon, and Hospital Identifier Fields in The STS Database

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 695-698

  Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a   Haan, Constance K ^b   Edwards, Fred H ^b   Anderson, Richard P ^c   Grover, Frederick L ^d   Mayer Jr , John E ^e   Chitwood Jr , W Randolph ^f  

^a St Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; DATA BASE; DEATH; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SURGEON; THORAX SURGERY;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HOSPITALS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENTS; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49749117999     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.075     Document Type: Editorial

References (7)

1. http://www.sts.org/sections/stsnationaldatabase/hipaa/ Accessed February 10, 2008
2. http://www.sts.org/documents/pdf/DCRI_FAQ-Technical_Document_re_Identifi ers_in_Database_Final.pdf Accessed February 10, 2008
3. http://privacyruleandresearch.nih.gov/ Accessed February 10, 2008
4. http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/ Accessed February 10, 2008
5. http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/cdebiol.htm Accessed February 10, 2008
6. Jacobs JP. Lessons from National Quality Indicators for Congenital Heart Surgery: how to use data to enhance your practice (why have a database? Outcomes analysis, benchmarking, quality assurance and pay-for-performance). Presented at The Practice Education Session of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Work Force on Practice Education at 44th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 28, 2008.
7. Mayer JE Jr. Presidential Address given at the 44th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 28, 2008.