From the Experts

We provide a high-level look at the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2016 changes in terms of financial and quality standards. Understanding these updates can help hospital and program leaders, along with the cath lab staff, to be aware of new...

This year’s record attendance included nearly 800 participants from 42 states and 19 countries, representing the nation’s largest gathering of clinicians dedicated to preventing unnecessary amputations due to critical limb ischemia (CLI).   

 I first learned about CLI and its implications at VIVA years ago and have watched the evolving education pertaining to CLI growing.  

CLI Perspectives is headed by section editor J.A. Mustapha, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan. 

A huddle can be a tool to increase patient care and efficiency in the cath lab.

Fixing shortcomings results in reduced inventory levels, lower product waste levels, less firefighting, improved staff satisfaction, more mature processes, system-supported product traceability, and ultimately more clinical time for patients.

The key factor driving waste within the delivery system is the slow adoption of new medical knowledge that could improve outcomes, and reduce risks and (importantly) costs. This is the front line in the battle defining our healthcare future.

It is through years of frustration and inability to maintain optimal employee skills in all service lines that a successful competency program was developed. 

In 2011, Bon Secours St. Francis Health System in Greenville, South Carolina, was the first hospital to be nationally recognized with Accreditation for Cardiovascular Excellence (ACE) accreditation. They followed that accomplishment in...