AMERICAS HERNIA SOCIETY QUALITY COLLABORATIVE

Program #3-provide industry reports: ahsqc foundation provides hernia device makers with access to data from the patient data registry in the following report formats (collectively, industry reports): (i) benchmark comparison reports that summarize all collaborative-wide data in the data registry (e.g., volume of surgeries sorted by wound class, mesh type, or mesh location) (global reports); (ii) benchmark comparison reports that compare the quality and outcomes of a particular device against all similar devices on an aggregated, de-identified basis (company specific reports); and (iii) benchmark comparison reports that address specific product or quality improvement questions of interest to the device maker (custom reports)-these reports are of increasing interest to device makers for their regulatory interactions with the fda and other medical device regulatory bodies. The global reports are not unique to any industry user, while the company specific reports and custom reports are unique to a particular user. The global reports and the company specific reports are generated using a template developed by ahsqc foundation, and will require little selection services, while the custom reports will be generated on a more individualized basis and require more selection services. Custom reports are similar to the reports provided to participating surgeons and certain academic researchers without charge to support their research and publication efforts. Ahsqc foundation generates the industry reports using the same methodology and services that have been established for the collaborative-wide benchmark comparison reports that it generates for other collaborative activities. The industry reports use the same identical de-identified database that is available to all other data users, and present the data in a manner substantially similar to other collaborative-wide reports that are available to all other data users (e.g., use of a subset of clinical data by a surgeon or researcher). Other data users, and present the data in a manner substantially similar to other collaborative-wide reports that are available to all other data users (e.g., use of a subset of clinical data by a surgeon or researcher).