STS Registry – hbCOR

Posted on April 18, 2023

Heartbase, Inc. Certified in STS CHSD v6.23.2

CHICAGO, IL – We are excited to announce that heartbase™ is officially certified by the STS for Version 6.23.2 of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. On June 13th, 2023, at 2 pm CT, heartbase clinical specialist Carmen Ernst, RN, BSN, will hold a special training class covering the ins and outs of this version. Heartbase customers can click here to register.

From the STS website:

“The STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD) is the largest database in North America dealing with congenital cardiac malformations. The CHSD contains more than 600,000 congenital heart surgery procedure records and currently has more than 1,000 participating physicians, including surgeons and anesthesiologists.”

Participation offers:

A standardized format for data collection to assess the care of patients undergoing congenital cardiothoracic procedures.
Semi-annual performance outcomes reports in a format that allows comparison of local outcomes against national standards.
An optional anesthesiology component, which enhances data collection and quality assessment for improving the care of patients undergoing cardiothoracic procedures and surgery.
Analysis of major outcomes and process-of-care measures that impact congenital heart surgery patients.
Complexity scoring to evaluate the clinical characteristics of your practice.

If you’re a CHSD data manager or abstractor and would like to take a look at our new forms, please contact heartbase Client Account Manager Alex Potanos to schedule a review session.

About heartbase, Inc.

Heartbase™ is a privately-held company founded in 1992 and designed to be intuitive & centered on the needs of the clinician. Since our inception, we have known that the most effective way to develop a robust and reflexive software platform is through collegial partnerships with our clinical & financial users. Working directly with our customers – listening to their concerns and honoring their suggestions for improvement – allows us to build a tool that is fast, efficient, and tailored specifically to the individual needs of each healthcare institution.

Our primary major business lines are the following: hbCOR, Data Capture & Reporting; hbAnalytics, Realtime Clinical & Financial Dashboards; hbRecon, Coding Reconciliation & Revenue Generation; & hbNote, Data First Structured Reporting.

Posted on June 14, 2021

Heartbase, Inc. Certified in STS General Thoracic Surgery Database v5.21.1

CHICAGO, IL – We are excited to announce that heartbase is now officially certified by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons to accept and submit data for the newest version of the General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) Registry. Version 5.21.1 will go live beginning with July 1st surgeries, and our customers will be given the opportunity to begin working with the new version upon installation.

The changes to the new registry version do not end with the name. A few notable changes that users should expect in STS GTSD v5.21.1 include:

One DCF for all Procedures.
Collection of ECOG only on analyzed cases.
Procedure weighting with the highest weight assigned Primary Procedure. Secondary Diagnosis is no longer collected.
92 New Fields; 169 Deleted Fields; and 30 Definition Changes.
Updated Data Specifications and Data Dictionary.
All NQF Measures have been retired.
Optional Customization: Sites can retain both the secondary diagnoses and NQF measures. Please contact heartbase support if you’re interested in this customization.

To better prepare our customers for the changes to the GTSD Registry, heartbase clinical specialist Carmen Ernst will hold a special training class on June 29th at 1 pm CT outlining updates to v5.21.1 along with a review of the updated heartbase web-form and number DCF. Heartbase customers can click here to register for this class.

If you’re an GTSD data manager or abstracter and would like to take a look at our new forms, please contact heartbase sales associate Alex Potanos to schedule a review session.

About heartbase, Inc. Since 1992, heartbase™ has provided health care centers with the most technologically innovative and clinically intuitive data management and analytic solution in the industry. Working collegially with its immense network of users, heartbase™ has created a vast library of reporting tools that provides its clients with complete control of their hospital-owned clinical data. Heartbase’s revolutionary hbCOR platform propels clinical performance, aligns clinical data with registry requirements, and unites health care systems from across our network to the most comprehensive reporting repository in the industry.

Posted on July 2, 2020

STS Adult Cardiac Version 4.20.2 – Heartbase Certified

06.19.2020, CHICAGO, IL – We are excited to announce that as of June 19th, 2020, heartbase is officially certified by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons to accept data for the newest version of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Database. Version 4.20.2 will go live beginning with July 1st surgeries. As one of the first vendors to be certified, we are thrilled that the new forms have already been deployed to the majority of our clients, and we will work diligently to provide our users with the service and support they need as they begin this enormous new undertaking.

The changes to the new registry version do not end with the name. A few notable changes that users should expect in STS ACSD v4.20.2 include:

Revisions & changes to 1,000+ fields

An Updated Data Dictionary

Data submission through IQVIA process

In preparation for this version change, heartbase staff has led preview sessions on May 28th and June 9th. On July 21st, at 1 pm CT, heartbase clinical specialist Carmen Ernst will hold a special training class covering the ins-and-outs of this version change. Heartbase customers can click here to register.

If you’re an Adult Cardiac data manager or abstracter and would like to take a look at our new forms, please contact heartbase sales associate Alex Potanos to schedule a review session.

About heartbase, Inc.Since 1992, heartbase™ has provided health care centers with the most technologically innovative and clinically intuitive data management and analytic solution in the industry. Working collegially with its immense network of users, heartbase™ has created a vast library of reporting tools that provides its clients with complete control of their hospital-owned clinical data. Heartbase’s revolutionary hbCOR platform propels clinical performance, aligns clinical data with registry requirements, and unites health care systems from across our network to the most comprehensive reporting repository in the industry.