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STS National Database Enables Better, More Affordable Patient Care

The historic linking of the STS National Database to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid database is providing the cardiothoracic community with a unique opportunity to forge a true physician-hospital collaboration while improving patient safety and overall quality of care. The linkage makes it possible to conduct comparative effectiveness research, longitudinal device surveillance, and basic long-term patient follow-up, as well as determine the true cost of health care and streamline resource utilization (such as blood products and radiography). Richard L. Prager, MD, University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor (@UMHealthSytem) Jeffrey B. Rich, MD, Norfolk, VA Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL (@AllChildrens)