Intermacs Web-Based Reporting:
Outcome Analytics Overview and Instructions for Downloading Reports
Intermacs Data Coordinating Center
Congratulations!
• You’ve chosen to access your site’s outcome analytics
report
• This tool provides many useful features that allow
you to examine patient characteristics at your
hospital while also comparing outcomes
• Please note the Outcome Analytics is only accessible
to Site Administrators
What is the Outcome Analytics Tool?
• The Outcome Analytics tool entails the creation and delivery
of reports that describe the user-defined cohorts. After the
user has selected the criteria for the cohort, they may submit
the request. The following day, a report which describes the
cohort along with a Kaplan-Meier is generated. The userdefined cohorts may be compared:
o Between the site’s own patients (cohort # 1) and an equivalent
overall Intermacs (cohort # 2)
o Between the site’s own patients based on subgroups (cohort # 1 and
cohort # 2)
o A single cohort selection from a site
Why does it take a day to get my report?
• The outcome analytic feature is based on integrating two
systems
• 1) A new web based feature that allows selection of user-defined
cohorts based on key patient characteristics
• 2) Our analysis server that houses our latest research data and vetted
statistical programs for advanced outcome analysis
• This ensures you are getting the same integrity checked data
and methods that are used in Intermacs Quarterly Reports
Exhibits and Intermacs Research Project
• Currently this linkage happens once a day but we hope to
speed up this process in the future
Outcome Analytics Reports
Compare patient outcomes from your site and Intermacs based on
user-selected groups of patients
Report Request
Select Cohort
All Forms
Calculations
Intermacs
Research
Datasets
Delivery
Intervals
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Logging into the Web-Based Reporting System
• Upon logging into the Web-Based Reporting system,
you will click on the “Reports” tab.
Report Page
• The “Reports tab will bring you to the screen seen to the right. Click on “Outcome
Analytics” tab
Request Management Page
• The Outcome Analytics section will bring you to a screen where you are
able to manage your requests. From this screen you can see requests you
have submitted that are pending or complete. Also, you may see if a
request you submitted was in error.
Request Management Page
• The Request Management page will allow you to download previous
requests you have submitted. To start a new request, click on “Create New
Request”
Outcome Analytics Report Screen
• Clicking the “Submit Request” button will bring to the screen seen below. You are
prompted to select the type of cohort comparison you would like to make. You can
also enter in a name for your report in the “Report Label” box.
1. Select Type of Comparison Report
• Single Cohort at Your Site
Example: All patients from your hospital
• Compare Two Cohorts at Your Site
Example: Compare men and women at your hospital
• Compare a Cohort at Your Site with Similar Patients
in Intermacs
Example: Compare destination therapy patients at your
hospital and Intermacs
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2. Select Cohort Parameters
• Selection parameters
o All vs Primary MCSD Patients
o All Patients – Includes Patient’s who have previous MCSD and patients whose first
device was entered into Intermacs
o Primary MCSD – Patients with no prior MCSD before being entered into Intermacs
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Implant Date Range
Gender
Race
Age Range
Intermacs Patient Profile Level
Device Strategy
Device Type
Flow Type
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Submit Request
• Once a request is submitted, you will be returned to
the Request Management page. You will now see the
addition of your new request marked as “pending”
Editing a Request After Submission
• If you have made an error in your request and wish
to edit it, you may select “edit” from the Request
Management page. This will open your request up
for you to fix in anyway you like. Please note when a
request is marked as “processing”, you may not edit
the request
Processing Time
• Once you have submitted your request, all requests
take ~1 day to process. At 11:30PM that day, you will
receive an email from [email protected]. This email
will be addressed to your username alerting you that
your report is ready for pick-up
Report Pick-Up
• The email below will prompt you to log-in to the
Web-Based Data Entry system to pick-up your report.
Please note your report will expire after 14 days.
Report Pick-Up
• After clicking the link in your email, you will be
returned to the Request Management page. From
here, you are able to download your request.
Exploring the PDF Report
Each PDF report will
contain bar charts
and frequencies
of your selected
criteria. The last
page of your report
will contain a
Kaplan-Meier
Example 1: Single Cohort from your Site
Example 1: Single Cohort Kaplan-Meier
Example 2: Subgroups Within Your Site (Males vs.
Females)
Example 2: Subgroups Within Site Kaplan-Meier
Example 3: Comparing your cohort to overall
Intermacs (LVAD Patients)
Example 3: Comparison to Intermacs Kaplan-Meier