Qualitätssicherung in der Behandlung angeborener Herzfehler: Einfacher Datentransfer von Nationaler zu Europäischer Kinderherz-Qualitätssicherung

There are currently two options for external quality assurance in the treatment of congenital heart defects in Germany: 1. The national quality assurance for the treatment of congenital heart defects (NQS) of the German Society for Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery (DGTHG) and the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease (DGPK) in cooperation with the National Register for Congenital Heart Defects (NRAHF) and the BQS Institute for Quality and Patient Safety. It enables the recording of surgical and interventional treatment for a patient over several treatment stays and different treatment centers (longitudinal recording). 2. The intervention-based European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association congenital database (ECHSA-CD), which can be analyzed in accordance with the American Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) congenital heart surgery database. It enables international comparability of the performance of the entering center. The ECHSA-CD dataset is a subset of the NQS. This article explains the necessary steps for forwarding the NQS data to the ECHSA-CD in compliance with data protection and ethics committee requirements and provides the necessary form template for adapting the data to local conditions. In this way, treatment centers for congenital heart defects can participate in both quality assurance measures without having to enter data twice.