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Understanding My VPS Understanding My VPS DataData

The foundation needs to be set in order to attain wisdom and formulate decisions

The foundation of the VPS database is 100% reflective of the people sitting in this room

Certified Data Collectors

Definitions Training

Certification Exam

Inter-rater reliability (IRR)

Manual Validations

Automated Validations

Data Collection Profile

Advisory Groups

Ongoing Clinical Support

Database Surveillance

• Data Collection Profile

• Validations

Two items VPS have put into place to ensure the data can be translated into information

Data Collection Profile

• Introduced in 2005

• Non-required fields all have completeness

Data Collection Profile

• Data can still be collected for a site, but it will not be used in comparative data or research

• Annual review of data collection profile

Validations

Three types of validations

• Front end

• Case closure

• Manual validations

Validations

First quarter of data collected in VPS 7 was submitted in the most recent submission cycle

• 34,138 cases submitted in cycle 20

• 99 units submitted data

• 18,713 (54.81%) cases submitted in VPS 7

• 76% decrease in manual validation flags for cases submitted in VPS 7

ValidationsVPS 7 should eliminate 90%-95% of manual validations

Comparative Data

Comparative Data

Free of systematic bias

Comparative Data

Free of systematic bias

Complete data (all cases)

Strict definitions

PRISM 3 Data Collection

Site 1: 100/100

Site 2: 100/100

Site 3: 20/100

Site 4: 50/100

PRISM 3 Data Collection

Site 1: 100/100 Yes DPC, collects all

Site 2: 100/100 Yes DPC, collects all

Site 3: 20/100

Site 4: 50/100

PRISM 3 Data Collection

Site 1: 100/100 Yes DPC, collects all

Site 2: 100/100 Yes DPC, collects all

Site 3: 20/100 No DPC, collect some anyway

Site 4: 50/100

PRISM 3 Data Collection

Site 1: 100/100 Yes DPC, collects all

Site 2: 100/100 Yes DPC, collects all

Site 3: 20/100 No DPC, collect some anyway

Site 4: 50/100 Yes DPC, for half the time frame

PRISM 3 Data Collection

PRISM 3 ROM

DCP – ensures data is complete

Definitions – PRISM 3 exclusion criteria

PRISM 3 Data Collection

PRISM 3 ROM

Accurate, unbiased estimate of Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR)

SMR = Observed MortalityExpected Mortality