Subject: A new practice and treatment standard?

This week's quality matters news brief features a study which experts say "will almost instantaneously establish a [new] treatment practice and a treatment standard" for AFib patients who had a DOAC interruption for elective surgery

The research, presented at the American Society of Hematology 2018 Annual Meeting, found a simple and standardized management strategy to yield low rates of bleeding and thromboembolism.

In other news—new data suggest doing away with one-size-fits-all approaches for PCI in patients with current or historical cancers and clinical management of high-risk heart failure patients. In these cases, precision medicine can have a massive positive impact on quality care.


Start thinking about your Quality-focused New Years' Resolutions
As we approach the new year, now's the time to think about your quality-focused New Years' Resolutions and how you can improve outcomes in 2019—Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence can help.
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