New Quality Measure Core Sets Provide Continuity For Measuring Quality Improvement
For the first time ever, public and private payers have an agreed upon core set of quality measures from which to work from for quality improvement, clinical decision-making, and value-based payment and purchasing purposes. The Core Quality Measures Collaborative, of … Continue reading →
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Find Your Heart a Home
This post was authored by Gregory J. Dehmer, MD, MACC, chair of the NCDR Public Reporting Advisory Group. In this era of health care transparency, patients and their families want access to credible information about quality of care to help … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - February 10, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Special Topics CardioSmart guest post Health IT Heart Month Innovation Technology Source Type: blogs
Congenital Heart Disease Awareness: Transitioning ACHD Patients Into Specialty Care
This article was authored by Marion McRae, ACNP-BC, a nurse practitioner in the Guerin Family Congenital Heart Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Congenital heart disease (CHD) occurs in close to 1 percent of births with over … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - February 9, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Clinical Topics Special Topics CardioSmart Congenital Heart Disease CV Team guest post Heart Month Patient-Centered Care Source Type: blogs
Leadership Forum Arms New and Emerging ACC Leaders With Tools For Success
This post was authored by Richard A. Chazal, MD, FACC, president-elect of the ACC. It was an honor to join my ACC leadership peers and colleagues in Washington, DC for the College’s Leadership Forum, which was kicked off Friday morning … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - February 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings Membership Special Topics guest post Leadership/Professionalism Source Type: blogs
American Heart Month: Making Informed Care Decisions
This post was authored by Kim Allan Williams Sr. MD, FACC, president of the ACC. At the beginning of each new year, we make resolutions to create healthier habits, typically we try new activities and engage more with friends and … Continue reading →
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ACC.16: Disrupt Your Thinking and Ignite Innovation
This post was authored by Athena Poppas, MD, FACC, chair of ACC’s Annual Scientific Session. ACC’s 65th Annual Scientific Session will feature sessions and lectures designed to disrupt your thinking and ignite innovation. Members of the cardiovascular care team from … Continue reading →
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Grassroots Advocate in the Spotlight: Anita Arnold, DO, FACC
This post was authored by Anita Arnold, DO, FACC, a member of ACC’s Health Affairs Committee and a grassroots advocate. I had never thought about meeting with a member of Congress on behalf of the ACC, but when I moved … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - January 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Health Policy and Practice Management guest post Health Reform State Issues Source Type: blogs
Fitness For the FIT: Practicing What You Preach
This post was authored by Nick Ierovante, DO, a fellow in training (FIT) at the Wright Center For Graduate Medical Education. As I sat in the office discussing Mr. R’s recent hospitalization, I felt fine discussing his cath findings, percutaneous … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - January 19, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Membership Fellows in Training guest post Patient-Centered Care Prevention Source Type: blogs
The Stethoscope Lives
This post was authored by Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, FACC, president of the ACC. A recently published Washington Post article, “Heart doctors are listening for clues to the future of their stethoscopes,” highlights important issues in cardiology, claiming that … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - January 18, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kim Allan Williams Tags: Clinical Topics Special Topics Care Coordination Education/Lifelong Learning Patient-Centered Care Technology Source Type: blogs
The Journey to Value-Based Payment Continues
This post was authored by Paul Casale, MD, MPH, FACC, a member of ACC’s Board of Trustees and chair of the Partners in Quality Subcommittee. Health care is undergoing a transformation in regard to how we, as physicians, are paid … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - January 6, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Health Policy and Practice Management CMS guest post Health Reform Physician Payment Technology Source Type: blogs
Stakeholder Collaboration Key to Evolving Valve Management Strategies
This post was authored by ACC Immediate Past President Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, MACC. The epidemiology of valvular heart disease (VHD) has changed dramatically over the past 50 years. In the U.S. alone, up to 1.5 million people have moderate or … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 23, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Patrick T. O'Gara Tags: Clinical Topics CV Meetings Education/Lifelong Learning Innovation Source Type: blogs
ACC Approves Transformational Changes to Its Governance Structure
By Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, FACC, ACC President Leadership. It’s not for the faint of heart. In a well-known Harvard Business Review article, author and psychiatrist Daniel Goleman wrote that the best leaders have five key traits: 1) self-awareness; … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 17, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kim Allan Williams Tags: Special Topics leadership Source Type: blogs
ACC Impacts on MOC Process: Success But Still a Partial Victory
This post was authored by Kim Allan Williams Sr., MD, FACC, president of the ACC; Richard A. Chazal, MD, FACC, president-elect of the ACC; Mary Norine Walsh, MD, FACC, vice president of the ACC; and Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, MACC, … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 11, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Special Topics MOC Source Type: blogs
One Year, Two Roles: A Perspective From a New Faculty Cardiologist and New Mom
This article was authored by Monika Sanghavi, MD, assistant professor in the division of cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and a member of the ACC Women in Cardiology Section. This academic year was … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - December 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: Membership guest post Leadership/Professionalism women Source Type: blogs
The Responsibility and Power of Advocacy
This post was authored by Ada Stefanescu, MD, a fellow in training and a member of ACC’s Adult Congenital Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section. “You all have no idea how powerful your message is, and how powerful you are.” This was … Continue reading →
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Source: ACC in Touch Blog - November 24, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Admin Tags: CV Meetings Health Policy and Practice Management Membership Congenital Heart Disease Fellows in Training guest post Health Reform legconf2015 Physician Payment Source Type: blogs
