To Maintain Qualified Privilege and Surgeon Participation, Clinical Audit Databases Must Adapt to Changing Regulations and Emerging Technologies

ANZ Journal of SurgeryVolume 93, Issue 10 p. 2278-2280 EDITORIAL To maintain qualified privilege and surgeon participation, clinical audit databases must adapt to changing regulations and emerging technologies Sarah Aitken FRACS, PhD, Sarah Aitken FRACS, PhD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-6213 Vascular Surgery Department, Concord Institute of Academic Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorRoxanne Wu MBBS, FRACS, Roxanne Wu MBBS, FRACS Vascular Surgery Department, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorThodur Vasudevan MBBS, FRACS, Thodur Vasudevan MBBS, FRACS orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7726 Vascular Surgery Department, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and the Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author Sarah Aitken FRACS, PhD, Sarah Aitken FRACS, PhD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-6701-6213 Vascular Surgery Department, Concord Institute of Academic Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorRoxanne Wu MBBS, FRACS, Roxanne Wu MBBS, FRACS Vascular Surgery Department, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, Cairns, Queensland, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorThodur Vasudevan MBBS, FRACS, Thodur Vasudevan MBBS, FRACS orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7726 Vascular Surgery Department, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and the Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18656Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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