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 National
Cardiovascular Disease Database
Cardiovascular disease database refers to the ongoing systematic
collection, analysis and interpretation of cardiovascular
disease data essential to the planning, implementation and
evaluation of clinical and public health services, closely
integrated with dissemination of these data to those who need to
know. The final link in the chain is the application of these
data to the treatment, prevention and control of cardiovascular
disease. A database system includes a functional capacity for
data collection, analysis and dissemination linked to clinical
and public health programs.
Malaysia has several cardiovascular disease databases in
tertiary MOH hospitals and private providers in Kuala Lumpur,
Sarawak, Penang, Johore and National Heart Institute (Institut
Jantung Negara). The National Cardiovascular Disease Database (NCVD)
is established to integrate various databases and other
data source to achieve nation-wide cardiovascular database.
The NCVD is sponsored by the Ministry of Health Malaysia by the
following organizations as:
Co-sponsored by:
The CRC of the MOH will provide technical
support in the form of clinical epidemiology expertise, biostatistical and ICT
services.
A Governance Board was
established in year 2006 to oversee the operations of the NCVD. The MOH,
Universities, professional bodies, NGOs and private healthcare
providers are present in this committee to ensure that the NCVD stays focused on its objectives, continuing relevance and
justification.
Purpose
of the NCVD
The objectives of the NCVD are to:
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Determine the number and the time
trend of acute coronary syndromes in Malaysia.
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Determine the socio demographic
profiles of these patients to better identify the high-risk
group in our Malaysian population.
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Determine the efficiency of, and
adherence to current guidelines of treatment guidelines
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Determine the number, evaluate and
monitor the outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
based on selected performance indicators.
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Determine the cost to the nation by
cardiovascular disease and the cost-effectiveness of
treatment and prevention programs
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Stimulate and facilitate research of
cardiovascular disease using this database.
Sources
of cardiovascular disease data in Malaysia
The NCVD receives data on cardiovascular disease from 2 main
sources:
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All cardiologists and physicians
in Malaysia who provide cardiovascular disease diagnostic services
or who care for cardiovascular disease patients, and voluntarily
report data to the NCVD.
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There is a plan to link NCVD to the National
Vital Registration system (Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara) to ascertain
mortality outcome.
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There is also a plan to link the NCVD to the
National Operative Procedure register and the MOH’s Health
Management Information System (HMIS) to determine morbidity events
when these two databases are properly established.
Wouldn’t you want to report to the NCVD?
Click here for listing of NCVD
participants
Click here to register online
For the NCVD to succeed, ideally all doctors who have anything
to do with cardiovascular disease ought to report to the NCVD.
We urge you to do your bit for your community, and help NCVD
obtain the information so crucial in promoting effective
cardiovascular disease prevention and control.
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What
are the benefits of participating in NCVD?
Apart from doing your bit for your community, here are some
other benefits to being a participant :
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Access to the database and therefore study
the trend of cardiovascular disease in Malaysia.
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Online data query and statistics of your
institution anytime, anywhere.
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Online comparison of your institution data
versus the country data anytime, anywhere.
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Data security and privacy are in compliance
with regulatory requirement.
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Invitation to all functions organized by the
NCVD.
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Acknowledgement in all publications of the
NCVD.
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Complimentary personal copy of all NCVD
publications.
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Free listing in the NCVD web site.
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Tap into a network of like-minded people from
diverse professional disciplines and backgrounds.
What
about confidentiality?
Current legislation allows doctors to release their patients’
data to persons demonstrating a need, which is essential to
public health and safety. The NCVD meets this requirement.
The NCVD has also developed strict policies and procedures to
maintain confidentiality of data collected by it as well as in
disclosure of data.
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