Does a partnership with Children's HeartLink and IQIC database reduce infection and mortality in a pediatric and congenital heart disease population?
A quality improvement partnership utilizing the IQIC database significantly reduced infection and mortality in a pediatric congenital heart disease center in Brazil.
The partnership between CHL and this seven-year analysis of IQIC database demonstrated structural and human flaws, whose resolution led to significant decrease in infection and reduction in mortality despite an increase in the complexity of our pediatric and congenital heart disease population.
Croti et al. (Wed,) studied this question.