The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) clinical registry today announced the Carotid Care Quality Champion recognition program.
The program honors healthcare organizations across the USA dedicated to improving the safety and effectiveness of vascular care through participation in the VQI’s carotid artery stenting and carotid endarterectomy registries.
Today, select facilities across the country have been recognized as Carotid Care Quality Champions. These organizations engage the SVS VQI infrastructure to monitor the quality of care for their vascular patients and help them comply with the latest societal and governmental guidelines, including the change in carotid artery stenting coverage reflected in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recent national coverage decision (NCD) 20.7.
As part of the CMS NCD 20.7 reimbursement modifications, the organization requires centres to establish a quality monitoring program and maintain institutional and physician standards. Registry participation provides a robust and user-friendly approach to CMS compliance. A press release notes that the SVS VQI carotid artery stent registry is the gold standard for developing a carotid quality assurance program, with registry participation enabling centres to ensure the safety of their patients and adhere to the CMS coverage decision.
“We are proud to launch the Carotid Care Quality Champion program to honor organisations across the country that are demonstrating their commitment to exceptional patient care by maintaining a robust quality program,” says Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen (Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine), SVS Patient Safety Organization (PSO) medical director. “By harnessing the power of data with benchmarked reports from over 900 centers, these centers have access to the best resources available for quality assurance and focused quality improvement efforts.”
Since the SVS VQI’s inception, clinical data gathered from participating centers has dramatically impacted patient care, leading to scientific discoveries that have changed the way in which care is delivered. Participating centers include academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, community hospitals and office-based labs.
A press release details that VQI participation offers centers the ability to:
- Track provider and centre performance and compare to national benchmarks
- Identify areas for quality improvement, including patient outcomes and length of stay
- Participate in a robust quality improvement program, with access to quality improvement toolkits, quality charters, webinars and one-on-one mentoring for members
- Network with other participating centers to review outcomes data, foster collaboration and spark further clinical innovation
To learn more, visit https://www.vqi.org.
