Big improvements are coming to AQI’s National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry® (NACOR®), making it easier for you to access meaningful data, streamline reporting, and enhance patient care.
NACOR + ACR is a unique, comprehensive, and automated approach to collecting and analyzing anesthesia data that drives quality improvement, regulatory confidence, and operational insight.
Standardized by the specialty: Built on data standards defined by leaders from AQI and ASA, NACOR + ACR ensures consistent, clinically meaningful data collection and reporting, making comparisons reliable, benchmarks actionable, and insights relevant across practice settings.
Seamless, automated EHR integration: Direct integration with the EHR minimizes custom builds and ongoing IT effort. Automated data flow reduces administrative burden while keeping information current, accurate, and ready for analysis.
True national benchmarking: Compare performance against a diverse national dataset representing academic centers, community hospitals, ASCs, and private practices of all sizes to deliver benchmarks that reflect real‑world anesthesia care.
Confidence for reporting, credentialing, and negotiations: NACOR + ACR supports critical use cases including CMS MIPS/QCDR reporting, OPPE, quality assurance, and payer or hospital negotiations to help demonstrate value with credible, specialty‑specific data.
Comprehensive insights that go deeper: Capture and analyze clinical, operational, quality, and outcome data in one integrated platform, supporting meaningful improvement initiatives and data‑driven decision‑making at the group and hospital level and more impactful outcomes and population health research for anesthesiology teams.
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Access NACOR+ACR General FAQs, Security FAQs, or contact AQI staff at EngageAQI@asahq.org
ASA Monitor® Article: AQI NACOR 2.0 and 30-Day Outcomes
“With better data and more sophisticated analysis, it is possible to significantly improve the care of our patients; not in some undefined point in the future, but in the very near future.” Read the full article by Randall M. Clark, MD, FASA, AQI Chair, to understand what’s on the very near horizon. Free for ASA members!
Video: Anesthesia Community Registry (ACR) Overview
AQI Board member Patrick Guffey, MD and AQI EHR Integration Workgroup Chair Jonathan P. Wanderer, MD, MPhil present a detailed look into AQI's outline of the structure and data targets of the upcoming ACR, powered by Epic.
From pilot to production, NACOR + ACR is designed to perform when it matters
Several pilot sites are working with AQI to improve performance and strengthen product reliability before full launch. Thanks to their participation, you’ll receive a registry that’s built to meet your needs. If your practice or group wants to participate in our 2026 pilot program, contact AQI.
NACOR + ACR Security FAQs: Security you can trust without the complexity
AQI applies established IT security best practices to safeguard NACOR data and ensure responsible, secure handling. For organizations needing deeper validation, AQI provides standard industry documentation and supports formal IT security assessments, demonstrating a mature and transparent security posture.
Whether your priorities include quality improvement, performance measurement, regulatory compliance, research, or decreasing documentation burden, NACOR + ACR streamlines data flow and reallocates time and resources back to patient care.
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Date of last update: March 4, 2026
