41 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSA-QIP)
41.3 Description
- The Participant Use Data File (PUF) is a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-compliant data file containing cases submitted to the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP®) Data Registry.
- The intended purpose of this file is to provide researchers at participating sites with a data resource they can use to investigate and advance the quality of care delivered to the metabolic and bariatric surgical patient through the analysis of cases captured by MBSAQIP.
41.6 Collection Methodology
- MBSAQIP collects data on over 200 variables including preoperative risk factors, intraoperative variables, and 30-day postoperative mortality and morbidity outcomes for patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgical procedures in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
- Required data elements are entered via a web-based data collection tool.
- Portions of the data may be automatically populated by a software program that was developed to extract data from the participating hospital’s existing information systems.
- To ensure the data collected are of the highest quality, the MBSAQIP has developed a host of different training mechanisms for the MBSCRs and conducts a data integrity audit of selected participating centers, when warranted.
41.8 User Guide/Data Dictionary
https://www.facs.org/media/krbickhz/mbsaqip_puf_userguide_2021.pdf