QUALITY
Patient Care and Quality Measures
Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital , together with Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas , is committed to transparent reporting of accurate and timely information regarding patient care and quality measures . Quality data can be complex . Various databases or registries use a variety of timeframes for data compilation and calculate benchmarks using various methodologies . Together with physicians on the medical staff , the leadership for Baylor Heart and Vascular Services at Dallas understand that potential referring physicians may use this information to help make informed decisions .
Registries , governmental databases , and private benchmarking organizations are all taken into account when outcomes are reviewed . A sampling of the outcomes measures are included on these two pages along with the Infection Prevention and Safety plan key elements . Public reporting of health care quality data is available to the public with in-depth discussions about methodologies . Information can be found at :
• The Joint Commission Performance Measurement Initiative ( qualitycheck . org )
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ( CMS ) via Hospital Compare at HospitalCompare . hhs . gov
Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital participates in the American College of Cardiology Registry and Quality Program for public reporting . The American College of Cardiology website , “ CardioSmart ,” publicly reported data includes :
REGISTRY AND QUALITY PROGRAM PARTICIPATION
CathPCI Registry ®
CathPCI Public Reporting Status
Participating
Participating with ACC
MEASURING INNOVATION IN HEART AND VASCULAR CARE
Registries and data sources involved in citations for the fiscal year 2017 outcomes for heart and vascular data include :
• Society for Thoracic Surgeons ( STS )
• Vascular Quality Initiative ( VQI )
• National Cardiology Database and Registry ( NCDR )
• Baylor Scott & White Quality and Health Care Improvement
• Progress-CTO – Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention
Additional years of outcomes books are available at : BaylorHeartHospital . com
ICD Registry™
ICD Public Reporting Status
ACTION Registry ® – GWTG ™
ACTION Registry – GWTG Performance Achievement Award Recipient
LAAO Registry ™ STS / ACC TVT Registry ™
Quality Improvement for Institutions Program
Participating
Participating with ACC
Participating
Platinum
Participating Participating
Participating
Information is available on : https :// www . cardiosmart . org / Resources / Find-Your-Heart-a- Home / HospitalProfile . aspx ? id = 1290
The annual Baylor Scott & White Health Cardiovascular Best Care Conference ( pictured left ) and newsletter provide a forum for a robust exchange of ideas and information among cardiovascular physicians , fostering the quality of care that keeps Baylor Scott & White among the most desired destinations in the country for cardiovascular care .
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