The NCDR registries are designed by clinicians, for clinicians, as well as for hospitals and health systems, and are meant to drive quality improvement through metric-driven results. Through teams of quality professionals throughout the world, including physicians, nurses, technologists, and QI professionals, every individual participating in NCDR registries is doing their part to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health. The value of NCDR is recognized by clinicians, hospital systems, and hospitals worldwide. Through unique clinical information collected in the NCDR suite of data registries, hospitals have the ability to identify facility-specific performances. The registries are designed by clinicians, for clinicians, and are meant to drive quality improvement through metric-driven results. The NCDR is well-positioned to help researchers examine critical questions on the delivery and outcomes of cardiovascular health care. The NCDR's growing base of hospitals and outpatient practices has resulted in a vast repository of clinical data. The NCDR's robust datasets hold answers to complex questions related to patient risk factors and outcomes, procedure and treatment trends, guideline adherence, and device, facility, and provider characteristics. Ultimately, and through gap analysis, physicians, hospitals, and hospital systems may assess their differences in performances using the quality data results. The end goal for participating in a suite of NCDR data registries is to use the results to drive quality improvement programs at the physician and hospital level. Understand the value of the important information found in benchmark reporting. Every NCDR facility has access to a registry-specific online dashboard to review and compare hospital performances to metric benchmarks. Additionally, hospitals can compare performances such as volumes, location, or services. Operating dashboards are refreshed weekly with aggregated benchmarks being updated quarterly. To optimize the benchmark reports, facilities are encouraged to bring together a multidisciplinary team of stakeholders, including administration and physician leaders, to review the executive summary benchmarks. Identify gaps by comparing your facility performance to the benchmark. Use the information and look for opportunities to improve. Consider your hospital's strategic goals. And ultimately, the main goal for all of us is to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health.

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