Clinical Quality Registries Special Interest Group

The 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 Clinical Quality Registries 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 programme of activities that will deliver on the mission and objectives of the special interest group. Over the last 12 months the CQR SIG has held a number of webinars that have featured speakers from within the Australian Government, including those who lead policy development for sector together with subject matter experts. In late 2022, the SIG was responsible for convening 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. 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 2023 the SIG will deliver another national meeting and will seek to further development of best practices across the 70 CQRs represented in this SIG. For further information or to request membership please contact Michael on michael.mihatsch@clinicaltrialsalliance.org.au.