We greatly appreciate the comments from Haniffa et al.(11 Haniffa R, Silva AP, Beane A, Sigera PC, Athapattu PL, Rathnayake S, et al. To: The Epimed Monitor ICU Database®: a cloud-based national registry for adult intensive care unit patients in Brazil. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2018;30(2):251-2.) as well as we are grateful for sharing with the Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva readers their experiences with the Sri-Lanka National Registry. They also describe several strengths and challenges in implementing national-level quality improvement initiatives in low-middle income countries. We concur with the authors that this represents a crucial and important step to improve care and efficiency in resource allocation and to foster international collaboration in research among these countries.
Fernando Godinho Zampieri
Research Institute, HCor-Hospital do Coração - São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Márcio Soares
Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
Epimed Solutions - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
REFERÊNCIAS
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1Haniffa R, Silva AP, Beane A, Sigera PC, Athapattu PL, Rathnayake S, et al. To: The Epimed Monitor ICU Database®: a cloud-based national registry for adult intensive care unit patients in Brazil. Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2018;30(2):251-2.
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