Anesthesia Incident Reporting System 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 2 9/20/2021

Anesthesia Incident Reporting System • One of the only national reporting systems run by the profession • Collaborate with system in other countries – Australia/New Zeeland Switzerland • Run by an AIRS committee chaired by Dr. Patrick Guffey at Children's Colorado 3 9/20/2021

AIRS - Anesthesia Incident Reporting System • 1100 cases • 3 dozen institutions • National reporting to AHRQ • Sub-modules – Post-operative respiratory depression – Drug Shortage – Pediatrics – Obstetrics 4 9/20/2021 – AIRS 1 st 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 5

AIRS – Web based collection tool Structured and Free text 6 9/20/2021

AIRS Reporting is Mobile • Mobile application available for Apple(i. OS) and Android operating systems 7 9/20/2021

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 8 9/20/2021

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. 9 9/20/2021

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 10 9/20/2021

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 11 9/20/2021

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