TY - JOUR
T1 - A quality framework for the role of invasive, non-interventional cardiologists in the present-day cardiac catheterization laboratory
T2 - A multidisciplinary SCAI/HFSA expert consensus statement
AU - Mulukutla, Suresh R.
AU - Babb, Joseph D.
AU - Baran, David A.
AU - Boudoulas, Konstantinos Dean
AU - Feldman, Dmitriy N.
AU - Hall, Shelley A.
AU - Jennings, Henry S.
AU - Kapur, Navin K.
AU - Rao, Sunil V.
AU - Reginelli, Joel
AU - Schussler, Jeffrey M.
AU - Yang, Eric H.
AU - Cigarroa, Joaquin E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - The present-day cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) is home to varied practitioners who perform both diagnostic, interventional, and complex invasive procedures. Invasive, non-interventional cardiologists are performing a significant proportion of the work as the CCL environment has evolved. This not only includes those who perform diagnostic-only cardiac catheterization but also heart failure specialists who may be involved in hemodynamic assessment and in mechanical circulatory support and pulmonary hypertension specialists and transplant cardiologists. As such, the training background of those who work in the CCL is varied. While most quality metrics in the CCL are directed towards evaluation of patients who undergo traditional interventional procedures, there has not been a focus upon providing these invasive, noninterventional cardiologists, hospital/CCL administrators, and CCL directors a platform for quality metrics. This document focuses on benchmarking quality for the invasive, noninterventional practice, providing this physician community with guidance towards a patient-centered approach to care, and offering tools to the invasive, noninterventionalists to help their professional growth. This consensus statement aims to establish a foundation upon which the invasive, noninterventional cardiologists can thrive in the CCL environment and work collaboratively with their interventional colleagues while ensuring that the highest quality of care is being delivered to all patients.
AB - The present-day cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) is home to varied practitioners who perform both diagnostic, interventional, and complex invasive procedures. Invasive, non-interventional cardiologists are performing a significant proportion of the work as the CCL environment has evolved. This not only includes those who perform diagnostic-only cardiac catheterization but also heart failure specialists who may be involved in hemodynamic assessment and in mechanical circulatory support and pulmonary hypertension specialists and transplant cardiologists. As such, the training background of those who work in the CCL is varied. While most quality metrics in the CCL are directed towards evaluation of patients who undergo traditional interventional procedures, there has not been a focus upon providing these invasive, noninterventional cardiologists, hospital/CCL administrators, and CCL directors a platform for quality metrics. This document focuses on benchmarking quality for the invasive, noninterventional practice, providing this physician community with guidance towards a patient-centered approach to care, and offering tools to the invasive, noninterventionalists to help their professional growth. This consensus statement aims to establish a foundation upon which the invasive, noninterventional cardiologists can thrive in the CCL environment and work collaboratively with their interventional colleagues while ensuring that the highest quality of care is being delivered to all patients.
KW - cardiac catheterization laboratory
KW - invasive
KW - non-interventional
KW - quality
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U2 - 10.1002/ccd.27841
DO - 10.1002/ccd.27841
M3 - Article
C2 - 30260064
AN - SCOPUS:85053898794
SN - 1522-1946
VL - 92
SP - 1356
EP - 1364
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
IS - 7
ER -