1. A method comprising: receiving patient outcome data associated with an operative event; correlating the patient outcome data with a coded operative event, the coded operative event being associated with the operative event, the correlating defining a correlation of the patient outcome data with the coded operative event; and storing the patient outcome data and the correlation into an operative event database, the operative event database being included in an on-line system maintained by an application service provider, the application service provider maintaining an integrity of the patient outcome data, the operative event database being configured to further store a plurality of operative event data associated with a plurality of operative events performed at a plurality of organizations.