Transcript AIRS - Anesthesia Quality Institute

Anesthesia Incident
Reporting System
AIRS
Anesthesia Quality Institute (AQI)
• The mission of the AQI is to develop and
maintain registries of data that help
anesthesiologists improve care
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Anesthesia Incident Reporting
System
• One of the only national reporting systems
run by the profession
• Collaborate with system in other countries
– Australia/New Zeeland and Switzerland
• Run by an AIRS committee chaired by Dr.
Patrick Guffey at Children's Colorado
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AIRS - Anesthesia Incident
Reporting System
• 1100 cases
• 3 dozen institutions • National reporting to
AHRQ
• Sub-modules
– Post-operative
respiratory
depression
– Drug Shortage
– Pediatrics
– Obstetrics
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– AIRS 1st to report
• Bulk input from
local reporting
systems
– Academic
AIRS - Confidentiality
• Submit cases with confidence
• Data is encrypted for transmission and stored at
the AQI’s data center on secured servers.
• An anonymous option with no identifying data is
available
• The AQI is a registered
patient safety organization
with the federal government
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AIRS – Web based collection tool
Structured and Free text
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AIRS Reporting is Mobile
• Mobile application available for Apple(iOS)
and Android operating systems
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AIRS in the ASA Newsletter
o A case from the AIRS system is written up by
the AIRS Committee
o The case appears monthly in the ASA
Newsletter
o Past cases are also available on the AIRS page
of the AQI web site
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Use for local incident reporting
• Several institutions are using AIRS for their
local reporting
• Two Options
– Report to the national AIRS system. Local
institution will get access to their reports
– Install AIRS locally. AQI will be source code
and assistance to local IT. Send reports to AQI
monthly.
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AIRS Data for Education
• AIRS committee is looking at a couple of
opportunities to leverage the case reports
into educational offerings.
– Patient Safety
– Screen-based Simulation
– CME credit for reporting
• These are being investigated
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Wrap-Up
• AIRS data is protected under PSO
• 85% of cases are reported confidentially
– The reporting provides their email address
• Available for mobile and local use
• Data is being put to good use
• Come by and try the system by reporting a
test case
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a case
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