- Surgeons must be in Good Standing to access and analyze QC data, having entered at least 25 surgical cases with 30 day follow up data within the last 12 months
- Once the request is approved by the Data Use and Publications committee, the QC lead analyst will reach out to the requesting surgeon to finalize data analysis plan
- After data analysis plan is agreed upon, the project will be assigned an analyst
The analytic plan can be changed within reason, but requests to rerun or alter analyses with the sole purpose of obtaining a statistically significant result will not be accommodated
- During communication with our analytic team, if two email reminders for response are unanswered, your project will be taken out of the work queue and placed on hold. Restarting work on the project can take up to 4 weeks
- Data requests with project deadlines must be submitted and provide their IRB approval at least 14 weeks in advance of the deadline
Upon receipt, each project will be reviewed and must be approved by the ACHQC Publications and Data Use Committee. Once approved, each requestor is responsible for obtaining Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for the specific project. Proof of IRB approval must be sent to the ACHQC at aileen@achqc.org. Data reports will be provided under the terms of a written Data Use Agreement that must signed before they are delivered.