Subject: Our insights from latest science at ACC 2022

Our insights from latest science at ACC 2022

April 8th, 2022 at 9:45 am EDT

View online  Areas for improvement, and methods - our biggest takeaways from the latest science presented at ACC2022. Methods to a improve clinicians' adherence to guideline-driven care are crucial to any organizational quality impr ...

Which kind of PCI operator are you?? Plus, quality feedback in the cathlab.

February 24th, 2022 at 12:48 pm EDT

View online  A thoughtful look at self-assessment feedback in the cathlab: Recent research offers classifications of PCI operator types, which provide insight into opportunities for quality improvement. Our latest Quality Matters br ...

"We felt we had no choice." - Surgeons object to latest CAD Revascularization guidelines.

February 16th, 2022 at 2:48 pm EDT

View online  I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on this—latest CAD Revascularization guidelines from ACC, AHA, SCAI downgrade CABG due to ISCHEMIA trial, but surgeon groups AATS, STS object. How does your organization reach best pract ...

Care about quality? Respect your staff.

January 5th, 2022 at 2:29 pm EDT

Can't see this? Click here to read online.  Due to standard lags in data reporting and analysis, healthcare has yet to fully reckon with how COVID-19 and related labor shortages are impacting the quality of care. But early indications suggest a ...

Not all quality improvement initiatives are created equal...

December 27th, 2021 at 5:28 pm EDT

  Is a quality improvement initiative one of your new years' resolutions? Not all quality improvement initiatives are created equal.   If non-results were shared in research literature more often, it would be clear that not al ...

Find ACE, Today, at QCOR 2021!

November 15th, 2021 at 12:55 pm EDT

ACE: Accreditation IdentifiesOperator Variabilityand Gaps  Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence presents new accreditation science, today, at the American Heart Association Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting and Scientific Ses ...

Cardio ASC growth to "explode" in 2021?

March 18th, 2021 at 3:52 pm EDT

View online The transition of procedures out of traditional acute care inpatient settings continues to accelerate... In a March 10 earnings call, executive chairman of Surgery Partners, Inc., a fast-growing company offering surgical services via m ...

Should we be performing PCI in ASCs?

March 18th, 2021 at 3:52 pm EDT

View online What does Medicare's approval of PCI in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) mean for patients? A study of PCI in ASC settings published November 9 in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions found significantly increased bleeding complications ...

Updated 2020 Cath/PCI Quality Standards

October 19th, 2020 at 12:30 pm EDT

First quality standards available for ambulatory surgery centers, cardiogenic shock. Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) is announcing the releas ...

Friend, we've updated our Cath/PCI quality standards for 2020.

October 14th, 2020 at 3:37 pm EDT

First quality standards available for ambulatory surgery centers, cardiogenic shock. Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) is announcing the releas ...