Same-day discharge

Cath Lab Management

Cath Lab Optimization: Improving Margins and Market Competitiveness in the Procedural Space

09/05/2016

As cath lab margins decline and competition grows, many programs are looking for ways to shore up business. Popular options for cath lab optimization include initiating a same-day discharge program for procedural patients, preparing for...

As cath lab margins decline and...

09/05/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill

07/06/2016

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Reginald L. Erwin , RCIS;

Brenda McClure , RN, BSN;

Cathy Rege , RN, MS;

Our median time from arrival to primary PCI for the last 12 months was 38 minutes for patients presenting directly to UNC. For patients transferred from other non-PCI capable facilities, our median time from arrival at the referral facility...

Our median time from arrival to...

07/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill

07/06/2016

Prashant Kaul , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Reginald L. Erwin , RCIS;

Brenda McClure , RN, BSN;

Cathy Rege , RN, MS;

Our median time from arrival to...

07/06/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Durham VA Medical Center

02/26/2015

Marri "Nicki" Fryar , RN, MBA, MHA;

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

The authors can be contacted via Dr. Sunil Rao at sunil.rao@duke.edu. Tell us about your cath lab.

The authors can be contacted via...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Spotlight

Spotlight: Durham VA Medical Center

02/26/2015

Sunil V. Rao , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Marri "Nicki" Fryar , RN, MBA, MHA;

The authors can be contacted via Dr. Sunil Rao at sunil.rao@duke.edu. Tell us about your cath lab.

The authors can be contacted via...

02/26/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Outpatient Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Has Its Time Come?

11/26/2014

Rami N. Khouzam , MD, FACC, FACP, FSCAI;

Srihari S. Naidu , MD;

Mohamad Khaled Soufi , MD;

Ramy Nakhla , MD;

Abstract: In the context of the rising health-care costs in the United States and the fact that approximately 1 million percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures are performed in the United States annually with a cost approaching...

Abstract: In the context of the...

11/26/2014

Journal of Invasive Cardiology