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Congress Addresses "How To" Address by Former CMS Executive
Fall VBP Summit Focused on CEOs and CFOs
ORLANDO, Fla., (April 24, 2013) - Value-based Purchasing (VBP) was a highlight of the 16th Congress in Orlando as the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care prepped its member hospitals on the CMS guidelines and "how to" take action to get in alignment with quality, cost and customer satisfaction.
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The Society of Cardivascular Patient Care recently heard about an unusual, yet extremely successful, partnership — one that involves two accredited hospitals and an EMS. Although some in the industry would call these hospitals “competitors,” this partnership was formed to overcome the obstacles of treating patients in a relatively rural area. They preferred to overlook the “competitive” factors and worked together in order to streamline the treatment process and save more lives.
On August 30, 2012, a 57-year-old male truck driver had chest pain and pulled over to a rest stop on Interstate 40 at mile marker 68. He called 9-1-1 and the West Tennessee Heart and Vascular Center at Jackson Madison County General Hospital EMS crew 111 responded, specifically Lyle Holmes, EMT-P and Meagan Brown, EMT-P.
The EMS crew did an EKG immediately that showed STEMI. Unfortunately, a traffic accident on I-40 caused a traffic jam, so the crew called in the air transport, Hospital Wing, which included team members Rita McCoy, William Carroll, and Kirk Sunley.
Since the EKG had already been sent in, ED physician Dr. Michael Revelle looked over the EKG, spoke with the EMS crew, and then quickly activated TEAM HEART.
The Cath Lab team and the Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Tommy Miller, were already awaiting the patient’s arrival. Dr. Revelle did a quick assessment as the patient was getting off the elevator from the helipad.
The teamwork and advance warning made it possible for the patient to transport straight to the Cath lab and bypass the ED. Once the Cath procedure was started, Dr. Miller did an amazing job and successfully placed a balloon and stent to the proximal left anterior descending artery in 6 Minutes!! That’s time-out-time -to-Device-Deployment time actually!
The patient was discharged home three days later and is back on the road driving his truck!
Total Door-to-Balloon was 16 Minutes! Total First-Medical-Contact-to-Balloon was 63 Minutes! Amazing!
“I cannot begin to explain how wonderful of a team we have here at Jackson Madison County General Hospital and how closely we work with the EMS and Air Transport teams to get the patient where they need to be,” said Emily Garner, RN, who is the Clinical Manager.
“It’s all about what’s best for the patient and getting the artery open as quick and safe as possible. I am so pleased to say as well that we have numerous stories such as this one that show complete passion about what we do and the drive to get the patient back home to their family healthy!“
Thanks,
Emily Garner
RN
Clinical Manager
West Tennessee Heart and Vascular Center
When a 58-year-old man began having chest pain while at work, and was becoming increasingly lethargic, alert co-workers activated the local 9-1-1 system.
Enter Houston Northwest Medical Center and its unique STEMI system of care.
On EMS arrival, they found a very lethargic patient, lying on the floor, with his head held by a co-worker. His initial EKG showed an acute Inferolateral MI.
Within one minute of recognition they notified the ER of the Cath Alert. The patient was taken directly to the cardiac cath lab while still on the EMS stretcher.
After arrival in the lab, intervention was achieved in 12 minutes. The total door-to-balloon (D2B) time for this patient was a remarkable 18 minutes, with an EMS contact-to-balloon time of 39 minutes.
The patient received PTCA treatment and two stents to the RCA and was discharged home … just two days later.
One of the incredible parts to this story is that this patient’s brother was scheduled for a diagnostic cardiac cath at the same time, and had to be “bumped” to put his own brother, who was experiencing a STEMI, on the table.
“We are grateful to agencies like the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC) for helping us provide the highest quality patient care,” said Kris Parker, RN, Chest Pain Center Coordinator.
“And without your great processes, we wouldn’t be able to give great care!”
Thanks,
Kris Parker, RN, Chest Pain Center Coordinator
Houston Northwest Medical Center
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Abe Joseph joined the Society in 2012 and brings expertise in understanding market trends, leading teams to successful development, and launching award winning new products that meet evolving customer needs.
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Dr. Phil Levy is Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Director of Clinical Research, Dept. of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University.
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Ruth Cantu is the in-house expert on OP-16 and the recent developments. We interviewed her on her observations following the dramatic announcements in August.
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Anna Ek is the in-house expert on drastically improved outcomes for the patient population because of therapeutic hypothermia treatments and "cooling centers."
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Yes, you can! Read the Q&A with Kevin Wehrle, who talks about PCI, our process, and how one hospital reduced door-to-balloon times!
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Alegent Creighton Health became the first system in the world to have all SCPC Accreditations and Certifications across all facilities with the help of Myra Ricceri, PMP, CLSSGB, FLMI, ACS Sr. Operations Project Manager.
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Formerly known as the Society of Chest Pain Centers, the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care will focus on facility accreditation and certification for Chest Pain Centers, Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS), Heart Failure (HF), and Atrial Fibrillation (A-fib). In addition, SCPC will provide certification for Chest Pain Center Coordinators, nurses, administrators and Chief Financial Officers looking to be compliant with CMS guidelines for Quality, Cost and Customer Satisfaction. |
