quality improvement

Cath Lab Management

TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital’s Cath Lab LEAN Throughput Project

09/02/2014

Jean Ackner, MSOL, Manager Cardiovascular Services, and Beth Solomon, MSW, MBA, Performance Improvement Consultant, TriHealth Bethesda North Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

Jean Ackner, MSOL, Manager Cardiovasc...

The cath lab department was going through some challenges. Revenues and productivity were deceasing. Overtime costs were increasing, and staff morale was very poor. Most important was that the patient satisfaction had dropped significantly....

The cath lab department was...

09/02/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

The Process of iPad Integration into the Cardiac Diagnostic Interventional Unit (CDIU) at The Hospital for Sick Children

06/04/2014

John H. Balcom, RN, BScN, BHA, Staff Nurse, Team Leader for the iPad trial in the Cardiac Diagnostic Interventional Unit, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

John H. Balcom, RN, BScN, BHA, Staff ...

In this article, we will share the path of iPad integration into a clinical setting, in this case, the Cardiac Diagnostic Interventional Unit (CDIU) at SickKids.

In this article, we will share...

06/04/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Improving Post-TAVR Care and Reimbursement with a New Free Optimization App

04/30/2014

Cath Lab Digest talks with Christopher U. Meduri, MD, MPH, Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Christophe...

The focus of this app is to assist centers in optimizing care post transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) by providing access to easily implemented clinical pathways.

The focus of this app is to...

04/30/2014

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Safety

03/27/2014

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chief Cardiology, Long Beach Veterans Administration Health Care System, Long Beach, California; Associate Chief Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...

It’s 3 am and you’re finishing a ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a 61-year-old woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 (weight 256 lbs, height 5’2”) with a large pannus and protruding abdomen.

It’s 3 am and you’re finishing a...

03/27/2014

Cath Lab Digest