Subject: Causes for Optimism

Causes for Optimism

August 14th, 2020 at 3:40 pm EDT

Frankly, we needed this. As we close the book on six whole months of this "new normal," our Quality Matters news brief rounds up causes for optimism for the next six months. Though we may not have a magic bullet, we've gotten better at treating sever ...

Questions for Cardiology *post* COVID-19

April 28th, 2020 at 10:37 am EDT

Questions shaping clinical practice in the new normal. ...

ACE Continues to Support Facilities Via Accreditation Despite COVID-19

April 3rd, 2020 at 2:53 pm EDT

ACE continues to support facilities and quality cardiology programs, virtually. ...

Cardiac Surgery Outlook

February 13th, 2020 at 5:01 pm EDT

SAVR outlook: stories from the Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons have takeaways for cardiac surgery outcomes and outlook. ...

Considerations for PCI in Cancer Patients and Survivors

January 30th, 2020 at 4:57 pm EDT

Recent studies have shed light on the complex comorbidities of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with cancer diagnoses. Bleeding “remains a concern” for PCI in cancer patients, but results are encouraging for newer generation drug-el ...

Physician Leadership Critical to Quality Culture

December 27th, 2019 at 3:58 pm EDT

Our latest Quality Matters is in a new location! ...

Claims-based Outcome Measures: ACE CMO Weiner Selected for CMS Expert Panel

December 16th, 2019 at 1:13 pm EDT

Bonnie H Weiner, MD, MSEC, MBA Sel ...

Are ASCs ready for PCI in 2020?

December 3rd, 2019 at 2:36 pm EDT

Are Ambulatory Surgery Centerss equipped and ready for PCI in 2020? Our latest Quality Matters News Brief takes a look at a timely Q A from Becker's ASC Review as CMS will begin to reimburse certain angioplasty and stenting procedures in ASCs on Janu ...

Is your organization ready to respond to the *next* paclitaxel?

November 14th, 2019 at 12:39 pm EDT

In other words - what processes do you have in place to incorporate new information quickly into clinical practice—especially when there's uncertainty around patient safety? We're still thinking about OhioHealth system's quick response to the pacli ...

What we can learn from a QUICK response to the paclitaxel problem.

November 13th, 2019 at 3:46 pm EDT

Our latest Quality Matters news brief features an article touching on the OhioHealth system's response to the paclitaxel controversy—almost one year ago, now—a QUICK response which gives us great insight into how to respond to future uncertaintie ...