Australian Spine Registry (ASR)

Registry custodian:	Associate Professor Susannah Ahern Email: susannah.ahern@monash.edu Phone: +61 3 9903 0139
Registry coordinator:	Dr Esther Apos Email: esther.apos@monash.edu Phone: +61 3 9903 0782 / 0419 632 587
Registry contact:	spineregistryAU@monash.edu
Clinical lead:	Mr Michael Johnson, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Purpose / aims:	The ultimate aim of the Australian Spine Registry (ASR) is to optimise quality of care for spine surgery patients, which will be achieved by: Identifying variability in treatment amongst individuals undergoing spine surgery and studying its causes and consequences Providing a tool for individual surgeons to complete audits of their spine surgery including the ability to benchmark themselves against their peers for common procedures Determining the degree of compliance (and reasons for non-compliance) with evidence-based guidelines for spine surgery Identifying factors that predict favourable and unfavourable surgical outcome Monitoring trends in surgical approach, choice and safety of implantable devices and outcomes for spine surgery Providing an infrastructure on which intervention or other studies can be established Determining the results and functional effectiveness of specific spine surgeries in a 'real world' setting
Population captured:	All patients over 18 years of age undergoing elective spine surgery. Currently the registry is in a pilot stage and involves public and private health service sites in Victoria (VIC), New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australia (WA).
Outcomes collected:	The ASR collects information relating to diagnosis, treatment, and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), with additional data items collected for risk adjustment. Clinical indicators are in development.
Funding source:	The Spine Society of Australia, BUPA, and the following medical device companies: DePuy Synthes (Johnson & Johnson), LifeHealthcare, Medtronic, NuVasive, Stryker, Zimmer
Website:	spineregistry.org.au