Abstract
Background
Extensive literature identifies that the quality of surgery not only influences morbidity
and mortality but also long-term survival and function. This mandates that we develop
a system to capture this information on a real-time basis.
Methods
A synoptic surgical template for breast cancer was created; this was digitized and
made available to all surgeons in Alberta.
Results
The data reference 1,392 breast cancer procedures. Ninety-one percent of reports were
submitted within 1 hour and 97% of reports were submitted within 24 hours. Fifty-two
percent of reports were completed within 5 minutes. Information quality with respect
to completeness of staging information was present in 89%. Eighty-four percent complied
with practice guidelines and 89% of breast surgeons adopted the template. Seventy-five
percent of users were moderately or highly satisfied with the system.
Conclusions
The experience with the development and implementation of synoptic surgical reporting
has proven to be a successful tool for generating quality surgical data.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: February 18, 2010
Received in revised form:
July 8,
2009
Received:
May 8,
2009
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