Established in mid-2007, an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) registry was introduced at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, led by Prof. Andrew Kerr. It was initially named Acute Predict and was used in Counties Manukau DHB and then in Waikato and Waitemata.

A Cath PCI (Catheterisation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) registry was added in 2010.

A year later, the NZ National Cardiac Network suggested combining the two sub-registries to become a national ACS-Cath PCI registry called the All NZ Acute Coronary Syndrome Quality Improvement  (ANZACS-QI) programme. This was funded by the Ministry of Health and managed by the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI) and Enigma Solutions Limited.

Overtime, the registry’s role expanded to include data collection on patients receiving cardiac implantable electronic devices (pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators) and those with heart failure.

By November 2013, the registry had grown to include all 20 publicly funded District Health Boards and their 41 hospitals providing care to ACS patients.

ANZACS-QI was delivered to the Ministry of Health in response to an RFP (request for proposal). At this point, the programme was renamed as ‘Aotearoa New Zealand All Cardiology Services Quality Improvement’ as part of the National rollout.

ANZACS-QI, together with its experienced biostatistics and project management team, has moved into the Human Health Research Services Platform (HHRSP), hosted by the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland. This transition strengthens the programme’s foundation and ensures ongoing support for national cardiac care improvement.

Today, the registry encompasses all public hospitals that manage cardiology services and captures data from all cardiology procedures performed in private hospitals in New Zealand. A monumental effort from all our contributors across a total of 47 hospitals (both public and private) enrolled in the registry who have captured over 244,845 Episodes of Care (EoC) to date.