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ACSQHC-ARCR-346

Prioritised clinical domain
Ischemic heart disease
Abbreviation
NCR
Registry contact

Jasmine Pyyvaara, Project Manager, National Cardiac Registry, Monash University, info@nationalcardiacregistry.org.au

Year established
2019
Description

The National Cardiac Registry (NCR) is a clinical quality registry that collects information on patients receiving treatment for cardiac conditions via state/territory-based cardiac registries. The purpose of the NCR is to document outcome variance and opportunities for excellence in the quality of cardiac health care across Australia. In 2021 data collection commenced across number of state/territories and as it matures the following objectives will be realised.

Objectives:

  1. Use a collaborative, federated model for effective engagement, participation and support from stakeholders
  2. Provide a platform to receive State and Territory data and measure performance as determined by agreed quality indicators
  3. Transparently report on clinical, procedural and patient outcomes to clinicians, hospitals, government and community
  4. Provide national benchmarking of key quality performance measures for cardiac conditions/procedures/devices and secondary prevention

The NCR will be rolled out in modules, each covering different areas of cardiac healthcare. The first module covers Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

The quality indicators for PCI are:

  1. Time from diagnostic electrocardiogram to PCI mediated reperfusion
  2. Time from door to PCI mediated reperfusion
  3. Peri-PCI stroke
  4. In hospital major bleeding
  5. In hospital mortality
  6. 30-day unplanned cardiac readmission rate after PCI
  7. Unplanned revascularisation within 30 days
  8. 30-day mortality after PCI
  9. Patients without contraindication discharged on lipid-lowering therapy
  10. Patients referred to cardiac rehabilitation or other secondary prevention program
  11. Proportion of patients without a clear and documented contraindication for Aspirin and/or a P2Y12 inhibitor, discharged on DAPT
Reporting process
  • Reported in Annual Report
  • Participating state/territory cardiac registries can access inbuilt bench-marked reports
  • Participating state/territory cardiac registries can share reports with hospitals executives, state/territory health departments, other clinicians
  • Shared with consumers via annual report
Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)

Nil

Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs)

Nil

Participating sites

https://nationalcardiacregistry.org.au/participating-registries/

The NCR utilises a federated model of governance and data collection. Data is submitted to the NCR by participating cardiac registries across Australia. Currently there are cardiac registries established in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. Tasmania is working with Victoria’s registry to submit data. The Northern Territory and Western Australia are currently developing their registries.

  • ACT Cardiac Outcomes Registry (ACTCOR)
  • Coronary Angiogram Database of South Australia (CADOSA)
  • New South Wales Cardiac Outcomes Registry (NSWCOR)
  • Northern Territory Top End Coronary Database (NTTECD)
  • Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry (QCOR)
  • Victorian Cardiac Outcomes Registry (VCOR)
  • Western Australia Cardiac Outcomes Registry (WACOR)
Condition
Cardiac healthcare, commencing with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Name
National Cardiac Registry
Lead organisation
National Cardiac Registry Limited
Ethics approval reference
Alfred Health Ethics Committee 63109 (Local Reference: Project 59/21)
Preferred published date
Immediately
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