Open AccessPerioperative registries in resource-limited settings: The way forward for Pakistan
Author(s) -
Usama Waqar,
Shaheer Ahmed,
Ayesha Nasir Hameed,
Namrah Aziz,
Hina Inam
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the pakistan medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.242
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 0030-9982
DOI - 10.47391/jpma.aku-24
Subject(s) - medicine , benchmarking , interoperability , perioperative , health informatics , medical record , medical emergency , health care , public health , nursing , surgery , marketing , business , computer science , economics , economic growth , operating system
Capable of improving surgical quality, perioperative registries can allow performance benchmarking, reliable reporting and the development of risk-prediction models. Well established in high-income countries, perioperative registries remain limited in lower- and middle-income countries due to several challenges. First, ensuring comprehensive data entry forums to power the registries is difficult because of limited electronic medical records requiring sustained efforts to develop and integrate theseinto practice. Second, lack of adequate expertise and resources to develop and maintain registry software necessitates the involvement of software developers and information technology personnel. Third, case ascertainment and item completion are challenging secondary to poor-quality medical records and high lossto- follow-up rates, requiring telemedicine initiatives as anadjunct to existing care for the assessment of postdischarge outcomes.
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