Dendrite Clinical Systems and the Society for Cardiothoracic surgery (SCTS) have published a new report that demonstrates importance collecting and analysing data from thoracic surgery. The report states that a large increase in thoracoscopic (VATS) resections is responsible for most of the recent increase in lung cancer surgery, rising from 749 cases in 2010-2011 to 2,753 in 2014-2015, an increase of more than 3.5 times.
Dendrite Clinical Systems is to install its Intellect System to track outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, London, UK. The company’s data capture software currently supports approximately 85% of cardiac units in the UK. 
Dendrite Clinical Systems and Waldenström’s Macroglobulinaemia United Kingdom Charity have published the First UK Waldenström’s Macroglobulinaemia Registry Report 2018 – the first report of its kind in the world. 
Dendrite Clinical Systems, the publisher of Bariatric News, is pleased to announce issue 38 of the newspaper is now available to view/download. The newspaper reports on research, technology, events and policy in the bariatric specialty, the latest clinical studies, policy changes and product news, the latest meetings and events, interviews prominent bariatric experts, and host debates between specialists on controversial topics.
Dendrite Clinical Systems and the British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI) have launched the British Registry for Immunotherapy (BRIT), a web-based patient registry that records immunotherapy treatment of patients under the care of BSACI consultants practicing in the UK.
Dendrite Clinical Systems, under the auspices of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO), has published the Fourth IFSO Global Registry Report (2018) at the federation’s XXIII World Congress in Dubai, UAE. The latest report features data from more than 50 countries on over 394,000 operations including baseline obesity-related disease, operation types, operative outcomes and disease status after bariatric/metabolic surgery.
QIST study seeks to improve outcomes after hip and knee replacement
Dendrite Clinical Systems’ unique and innovation clinical software is been employed for a new innovative Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and Research trial that is seeking to improve the quality of care delivered to patients requiring hip or knee joint replacement surgery by introducing two complimentary care-bundles for mild anaemia and Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) into routine clinical practice.
Led by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the British Orthopaedic Association, the £1.5 million project is funded by Northumbria NHS Vanguard, NHS Improvement, and industry (Vifor and Schülke), with independent evaluation provided by the University of York Trials Unit.
The two new care bundles have already been tested by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and were shown to improve care and outcomes for patients with mild anaemia and to reduce MSSA infection rates.
Using Dendrite’s “Intellect Web” software, clinicians can enter patient data online, using a range of modern html-5 compatible web browsers, without the need to install additional software or perform any complex system configurations. It is hoped that recording, collecting and analysing the data it will be possible to demonstrate that these care bundles save lives and improve outcomes so that they become routine clinical practice across the NHS.
Patients with mild anaemia are at a higher risk of needing a blood transfusion following surgery and of other post-operative complications. However, evidence has shown that by using a care bundle – which includes interventions such as screening and treating those who need it with iron – has improved outcomes for patients.
These interventions have already been scaled up to 9,000 patients at Northumbria Healthcare resulting in huge benefits for patients such as reduced blood transfusions, critical care admissions, length of stay and readmissions. There are financial benefits too, with savings of £160 per patient which for an average sized trust equates to about £120,000 a year.
Northumbria Healthcare has adapted a MSSA care bundle to specifically meet the needs of patients having joint replacement surgery. Before and after data for the 9,000 patients cared for at Northumbria Healthcare shows that interventions such as screening are making a real difference.
“We are delighted to be involved in this very important study that may lead to substantial improvements for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery,” said Dr Peter Walton, Managing Director of Dendrite Clinical Systems. “By assessing the effectiveness of these new interventions, as well as leading to improvements in outcomes for patients, the research could lead to considerable cost-savings for the NHS. We look forward to working with the researchers on this exciting project.”
