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The Norwegian Registry for Gastrointestinal Surgery (NoRGast) was developed to provide continuous, risk-adjusted monitoring of major complications to improve quality of care and research.
The NoRGast registry provides a national platform for continuous, risk-adjusted monitoring of major complications following gastrointestinal surgery in Norway.
Enables national risk-adjusted monitoring of GI surgical complications; supports quality initiatives while leaving outcome effects for future study.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There is an increasing demand for high-quality data for the outcome of health care. Diseases of the gastro-intestinal tract involve large patient groups often presenting with serious or life-threatening conditions. Complications may affect treatment outcomes and lead to increased mortality or reduced quality of life. A continuous, risk-adjusted monitoring of major complications is important to improve the quality of health care to patients undergoing gastrointestinal resections. We present the development of the Norwegian Registry for Gastrointestinal Surgery, a national registry for colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, and hepato-pancreato-biliary resections in Norway. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A narrative and qualitative presentation of the development and current state of the registry. RESULTS: We present the variables and the analysis tools and provide examples for the potential in quality improvement and research. Core characteristics include a strictly limited set of variables to reflect important risk factors, the procedure performed, and the clinical outcomes. CONCLUSION: A registry with the potential to present complete national cohort data is a powerful tool for quality improvement and research.
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Lassen et al. (2018) studied Gastrointestinal resections. Norwegian Registry for Gastrointestinal Surgery (NoRGast) was evaluated. The Norwegian Registry for Gastrointestinal Surgery (NoRGast) was developed to provide continuous, risk-adjusted monitoring of major complications to improve quality of care and research.
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