Clinical Quality Registries Special Interest Group (CQR SIG)

The ACTA Clinical Quality Registries Special Interest Group is Co-Chaired by Prof Stephen McDonald, ANZDATA Registry executive and renal physician, and Prof Susannah Ahern, Head, Clinical Outcomes data Reporting and Research Program (CORRP), and Principal Investigator for a number of Registries at Monash University.

Mission

To support and enhance a community of practice for CQRs in Australia.

Our purpose

• Support the professional development needs of the CQR sector

• Explore continuous improvement opportunities and drive best practice to develop profile of registry science

• Provide a forum for promotion and advocacy of CQRs

• Develop a collegial, collaborative community of CQR experts

Our activities

ACTAs CQR SIG is working to deliver a full program of activities that will deliver on the mission and objectives of the group.

The CQR SIG regularly holds webinars featuring speakers from within the Australian Government, including those who lead policy development for sector together with subject matter experts.

In late 2022, the SIG convened the inaugural Australian Registry ASM (‘The Value of Registries in Challenging Times’) which attracted key opinion leaders from across the sector. The ASM provided a unique opportunity for dissemination of best practices and enabled networking between leaders from disease and discipline specific registries. This was followed by another successful ASM event in 2023.

The SIG is currently engaged in reviewing sector specific consultations including the review of the Healthcare Identifiers Framework project and the revised CQR Framework.

In 2024 the SIG look to delivering another national meeting and will seek to further development of best practices across the CQRs represented.

For further information or to request membership please contact Vivien on vivien.klaver@acta.au.