Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute presents
Practical Implementation of Quality Care in Every EP Lab
6:00 - 9:30 pm
May 12, 2010
Centennial Ballroom
Hyatt Regency Denver, Denver, Colorado
Official Satellite Symposium:
This program is not part of the Heart Rhythm 2010 Official Scientific Sessions as planned by the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions Committee. This event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society.
This is a complimentary event. There is no registration charge to attend. |
Description
The purpose of this satellite symposium is to explore the logistics involved with setting up a practical quality assurance program in an electrophysiology (EP) lab that performs heart rhythm-associated procedures. Fundamental to the delivery of quality care is the measurement of outcomes, which in turn provides data for assessing quality. Attempts have been made to set up national and international registries for outcomes data, but they are too complex and expensive.
What is needed is a practical system that works in most, if not all, EP labs. This symposium will seek to define a system that measures basic elements of quality care that EP labs can implement with a minimum of effort. By designing a practical quality assurance program that can accurately evaluate outcomes, EP lab practitioners will have more objective data from which to evaluate the effectiveness of specific techniques and processes, which, ultimately, will enable them to improve the care of their patients.
Target Audience
The symposium is directed to cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, scientists, electrophysiologists, and associated health care professionals who want to design and implement a practical quality assurance program in their EP lab.
Objectives
At the completion of this educational activity, the participant will be able to do the following:
- List a basic set of relevant procedural elements crucial to accurate outcomes analyses in an EP lab;
- Design and implement a practical quality assurance program for evaluating outcomes in an EP Lab;
- Discuss the relationship of the quality assurance program to data registries and benchmarks for outcomes.
Directors
| Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Devices Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
Oussama M. Wazni, MD Director, EP Labs Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Director, Clinical Atrial Fibrillation Research Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH |
Faculty
Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, MHS, FACC, FHRS Laurence M. Epstein, MD Stephen C. Hammill, MD |
Andrew D. Krahn, MD, FRCPC, FHRS Charles J. Love, MD Douglas L. Packer, MD Arjun Sharma, MD |
Agenda
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2010 | |
| 6:00 pm | Registration and Reception Centennial Ballroom Foyer |
| 6:50 pm | Welcome and Introduction - Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD & Oussama M. Wazni, MD |
| 7:00 pm | Is it Possible for Every EP Lab, Big and Small, to Set Up a Practical Quality Assurance Program that Measures Outcomes that Matter? - Oussama M. Wazni, MD |
| 7:10 pm | What Is the Relevance to Ablation Procedures, Atrial Fib and Non Atrial Fib? - Douglas L. Packer, MD |
| 7:20 pm | What Is the Relevance to Device Procedures, Pacers, ICDS and Extraction? - Laurence M. Epstein, MD |
| 7:30 pm | Thinking Small, What Are the Minimum Number of Important Measures of Quality? - Charles J. Love, MD |
| 7:40 pm | Panel Discussion
Oussama M. Wazni, MD |
| 8:00 pm | Refreshment Break |
| 8:20 pm | Assuming that the EP Community Knows Better than the Government, the Regulators and the Insurance Industry About What Is Important Regarding These Procedures, Can We Make this Relevant to the Rest of Our Partners in Health Care Delivery? - Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD |
| 8:30 pm | What Relationship Could this Small Hospital-Based Outcomes Registry Have to National Registries or Broad-Based Benchmarks? - Stephen C. Hammill, MD |
| 8:40 pm | How Is this Relevant to the International EP Community? - Andrew D. Krahn, MD |
| 8:50 pm | What is the Role of Industry in Quality Assurance Programs? - Arjun Sharma, MD |
| 9:00 pm | Panel Discussion
Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD |
| 9:20 pm | Summary |
| 9:30 pm | Adjourn |
Location
Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado
Convention Center
Centennial Ballroom,
650 15th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
Phone: 303.436.1234
Fax: 303.486.4450
Additional Information
For further information about the course, contact Center for Continuing Education at:
Local: 216-448-0770
Toll Free: 800-238-6750
Fax: 216-448-0783
For questions about registering online, call 216-448-0777 or email CMEregistration@ccf.org.
Faculty Disclosure
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education fully intends to comply with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities act. If you need assistance, please notify the Center for Continuing Education at 800.238.6750 at least two weeks prior to the activity.
Accreditation
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.
The Ohio Board of Nursing will accept at face value the number of contact hours awarded for an educational activity that has been approved for CE by a nationally accredited system of CE approval. Therefore, the 2.25 physician AMA PRA Category I Credits™ will be accepted for nursing credits. Nurses from other states should contact their State Board of Nursing.
Online Registration/Fees
| Category | Event Fees |
|---|---|
| All Attendees | complimentary registration |
