SCTS iData App Launches [1]
The SCTS, in conjunction with the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research (NICOR) and the University of Manchester, has launched a novel window onto the SCTS National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit (NACSA) database to support shared decision making. Available online [2] and as a free app [3], SCTS iData allows users to place filters on the database in order to find out how many patients with similar characteristics have undergone surgery in the UK between April 2008 – March 2012. Average in-hospital and one-year mortality, post-operative length of stay, EuroSCORE, and EuroSCORE II analysis is also given.