Anesthesia Incident Reporting System AIRS
Feb 05, 2016
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
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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
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• The AQI is a registered patient safety organization with the federal government
AIRS – Web based collection toolStructured 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
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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
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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