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SVS smoking cessation initiative aligns with national cancer society effort to help efforts aimed at curbing the habit
Vascular specialists have been intensifying efforts to combat tobacco use through the Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO), which is leading a targeted campaign to help patients quit smoking and reduce their risk of vascular disease. The…
VQI to host webinar on updated smoking cessation variables
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) will host a webinar on Tuesday, July 15, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time to present updates to the National Quality Initiative Smoking Cessation variables within the SVS Vascular Quality…
VQI launches fellowship in training program, announces scholarship
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) is launching a new SVS Patient Safety Organization VQI Fellowship in Training (SVS PSO FIT) program. It is for individuals completing their medical residencies or fellowships in any vascular disease-focused…
New registry to keep track of vascular patients launched
A registry to track management of new patients who are being treated medically for a number of vascular diseases has been launched by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Patient Safety Organization® and the Society for Vascular Medicine, in collaboration…
Deploying robust, detailed SVS VQI data to help better define role of paclitaxel technology in clinical practice
In December 2018, the Journal of the American Heart Association published “Risk of death following application of paclitaxel‐coated balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal artery of the leg: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials” by Konstantinos Katsanos…