on May 15, 2012 |
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Topics: Public Reporting, Management Tools, Performance Improvement, Process Improvement, Care Coordination, Methodologies, Chronic Care Management, Continuum Integration, Medical Cardiology, Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Readmissions, Quality
Nicole MacMillan, Cardiovascular Roundtable
In late April, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), the American Heart Association (AHA), and the American Medical Association- Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA- PCPI) released an updated set of performance measures for heart failure management. The measures, an update of the 2005 ACC/ AHA HF performance measures, place an increased emphasis on coordinated, cross-continuum care, while eight past measures deemed redundant and no longer useful were retired. Of the nine total measures, two are focused on the inpatient setting, five on the outpatient setting, and two bridge both settings.
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2011 HF management performance measures stress cross-continuum coordination
on March 30, 2012 |
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Topics: Cardiac Cath, Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Quality, Performance Improvement, Efficiency, Process Improvement, Management Tools, Evidence-Based Practice, Methodologies
Jake Hartman
Citing a need for more clear process explanation for cardiovascular catheterization labs, leaders from prominent cardiology departments across the country have united to develop a consensus statement on best practices for the cath lab, published in this month’s Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. The groups recommendations span the full scope of the process, from credentialing and team composition, to most effectively managing pre-,peri-, and post-operative procedures.
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Cardiology leaders release cath lab best practice consensus statement
on August 23, 2011 |
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Topics: Service Lines, Cardiovascular, Cardiac Cath, Performance Improvement, Quality, Access to Care, Management Tools, Process Improvement, Efficiency, Throughput
As reported in today’s Daily Briefing, almost all myocardial infarction (MI) patients now are treated within the recommended 90-minute time frame thanks to nationwide efforts to speed cardiac care, according to a study in Circulation.
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Significant Improvements Seen in Door-to-Balloon Times for MI
