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The Critical Care and Medicine Database is a data collection project for Internal Medicine Wards and Critical Care units within the WRHA.

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Purpose and Mission

Mission Statement Medicine and Critical Care Database April 7, 2008

The collection of medical data at the WRHA department of medicine and critical care sites for the purpose of administration, research and quality improvement purposes.

To that end the following services are provided:

  • Provide aggregate data for the purpose of monitoring capacity utilization, diagnostics, work load, and outcome trends.
  • Prepare standardized monthly reports are to be available within one month of the reporting period and quarterly reports within 6 weeks of the quarter end.
  • Coordinate the collection of data and manage the raw data
  • Maintain the quality of the date to ensure the most accurate possible representation of a patient’s medical condition, outcomes and hospital stay.
  • Ensure patient data is available within two weeks of patient discharge 95% of the time.
  • To support administrators and researchers by filling basic data requests within two weeks of the request and within one month for request that require data analysis.
  • To use the data collector resources to support special project data collection requests.


Steering Committee

The Medicine and Critical Care Database team is directed by a steering committee represented by:


The steering committee members are responsible for the Medicine and Critical Care Database and provide guidance and leadership for it.

  • Dan Roberts chairs the steering committee.
  • Dan Roberts, Betty Lou Rock and Bruce Light are responsible for the approval of projects and data requests and confirming that appropriate ethics approval is obtained when necessary.
  • Trish Ostryzniuk is responsible for the management and training of the data collectors.
  • Julie Mojica is responsible for aggregate data reporting and statistical analysis.
  • Tina Tenbergen is responsible for data compilation, transference and storage.
  • Allan Garland attends as a critical care advisor
  • Linda Hathout/Serge Boulet attends as an advisor on process and quality

Data we collect

We collect data for all Critical Care (ICU) patients in Winnipeg, and for Internal Medicine patients on specific wards at the following hospitals:

  • Health Sciences Center (ICU & MED)
  • St Boniface Hospital (ICU & MED)
  • Victoria General Hospital (ICU & MED)
  • Grace General Hospital (ICU & MED)
  • Concordia Hospital (ICU)
  • Seven Oaks Hospital (ICU)

The following information is collected:


    • As of September 2008 we had data for over 111,156 patients.

History

The Critical Care and Medicine Database has been collecting increasing amounts of data from critical care and medicine patients at Winnipeg hospitals since 1988.

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