Same-day discharge

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Billings Clinic Heart and Vascular

11/05/2019

Robert L. Minor, Jr., MD, FACC, Douglas Waldo, MD, FACC,
Community Medical Center, Missoula, Montana

Robert L. Minor, Jr., MD, FACC, Dougl...

Our new Heart & Vascular program started in the fall of 2017, and between our first and second years, we experienced a 55% increase in our cath lab volumes.

Our new Heart & Vascular program...

11/05/2019

Cath Lab Digest

Clinical Editor's Corner

Conversations in Cardiology: Same-Day Discharge for Elective PCI — Ready for Prime Time

11/27/2018

Morton J. Kern, MD, with commentary from Drs. Malcolm Bell, Rochester, Minnesota; Jim Blankenship, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Sam Butman, Cottonwood, Arizona; David J. Cohen, Kansas City, Missouri; Lloyd Klein, Chicago, Illinois, and Sonoma, California; Bernie Meier, Berne, Switzerland; Duane Pinto, Boston, Massachusetts; Jeffrey Popma, Boston, Massachusetts; Gurpreet Sandhu, Rochester, Minnesota; Habib Samady, Atlanta, Georgia; Sunil Rao, Raleigh, North Carolina; Arnold Seto, Long Beach, California; Pinak Shah, Boston, Massachusetts; Adhir Shroff, Chicago, Illinois; Molly Szerlip, Plano, Texas; James Tcheng, Raleigh, North Carolina; Paul Teirstein, La Jolla, California.

Morton J. Kern, MD, with commentary f...

I asked for words of wisdom from our cath lab expert group regarding their experience with same-day discharge at their center. What are the obstacles to SDD? Who are the champions and why are we not doing it more?

I asked for words of wisdom from...

11/27/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

High-Performing Labs Are Utilizing Radial Access and Same-Day Discharge Successfully

10/07/2018

Fear of failure creates a powerful hindrance to adoption for a seasoned and respected interventionist. However, the learning curve to become a competent transradial interventionalist is neither steep nor arduous.

Fear of failure creates a...

10/07/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

What Would Happen to Your Hospital PCI Program Today if CMS Reimbursed for Elective PCI in the Ambulatory Setting?

08/02/2018

Anne Beekman, RN, BSN, NEC, focuses on a very relevant and growing challenge for many cardiac programs — competing and surviving in this new and rapidly changing healthcare environment, an environment that demands a population health focus...

Anne Beekman, RN, BSN, NEC,...

08/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

The Cath Lab is Full of Cost-Saving Opportunity

04/05/2018

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

When surveyed, healthcare leaders continue to point to reducing unwarranted care variation as a goal for reducing costs and improving quality.

When surveyed, healthcare...

04/05/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Bon Secours St. Francis Health System

08/01/2017

James E. Conner, RT(R), Greenville, South Carolina

James E. Conner, RT(R), Greenville, S...

Our cardiology group performs more than 85% of cases via the radial approach. The radial program is one of the jewels in the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System crown. The entire lab is oriented towards radial access and our same-day...

Our cardiology group performs...

08/01/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Bon Secours St. Francis Health System

08/01/2017

James E. Conner, RT(R), Greenville, South Carolina

James E. Conner, RT(R), Greenville, S...

Our cardiology group performs...

08/01/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Cath Lab Profitability

07/30/2017

In this month’s edition, we are pleased to have Ryan Graver from MedAxiom Ventures addressing a subject and concern facing every cath lab: how can we manage costs without sacrificing quality and outcomes? Hospitals are faced with new challenges around reimbursement and none is more compelling than the impact that the Two-Midnight rule had in shifting patients away from the traditional inpatient to outpatient. I think you will find the evidence Mr. Graver has to offer as not just insightful, but compelling, if the goal is to reduce cost and get back to improving profit margins. — Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

In this month’s edition, we are pleas...

The transradial care pathway program is perhaps the most focused, achievable, and significant opportunity healthcare systems can pursue to achieve success today.

The transradial care pathway...

07/30/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Transradial PCI and Same-Day Discharge Have Proven to be a Winning Solution at Arkansas Heart Hospital

04/10/2017

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

Dr. Rollefson and his institute are great examples of how a high-volume, tertiary care center can utilize tranradial in conjunction with a same-day discharge care pathway to create the win-win environment for all stakeholders.

Dr. Rollefson and his institute...

04/10/2017

Cath Lab Digest

Your Path to Success: Expert Advice

Same-Day Discharge Greatly Impacts Cost to PCI

03/06/2017

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo Business Edge, talks with Amit P. Amin, MD, MSc, Washington University School of Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Center for Value and Innovation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Gary Clifton, Vice President, Terumo ...

Despite tremendous improvements in PCI devices, technology and pharmacotherapy, we have not yet streamlined care pathways to mirror these technological advancements. Thus, the current care pathways are leading to unnecessary high costs of...

Despite tremendous improvements...

03/06/2017

Cath Lab Digest