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September 16, 2019 • Article
Washington Update: Advocacy, Policy News
‘DC Update’ Newsletter Debuts: The Society for Vascular Surgery has a new electronic newsletter, “DC Update” to keep SVS members informed of the events in Washington, D.C., that impact their lives. Initially, the newsletter (sent Sept. 16) will appear every other month.
September 16, 2019 • Article
VQI Makes Major Changes to Hemodialysis Access Registry
Major enhancements are coming to the SVS Vascular Quality Initiative’s Hemodialysis Access Registry, with completion expected by the end of the year. The registry captures all arterio-venous fistulas and grafts procedures, including A-V fistulas using transposed veins and A-V grafts using autogenous, prosthetic or biological material. It has been in use since 2011.
September 15, 2019 • Article
The Evolution of Quality Improvement in Vascular Surgery
September 2019 (Note: An abbreviated version of this ran in the October issue of Vascular Specialist.)
September 9, 2019 • Article
SVS Creating Task Force on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Please Volunteer by Sept. 17
Volunteers are needed for a new SVS Task Force on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The SVS is seeking members with a desire to explore issues related to inequity in the field of vascular surgery. The task force will research inequities related to gender, race, ethnicity, age and sexual orientation and develop strategies to reduce identified inequities. SVS is well-poised for a proactive approach to identifying and working to improve environmental conditions that foster inequities within our specialty.
September 1, 2019 • Article
Government Relations Committee Shines Light on Red Tape
By Sean Lyden, MD and Matthew Mell, MDSVS Government Relations Committee The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) are working to address the burden regarding the use of health IT and electronic health records in physician’s practices. Per its Request for Information; Reducing Administrative Burden to Put Patients Over Paperwork (CMS-6082-NC), CMS is seeking innovative ideas that broaden perspectives on potential solutions to relieve burden and ways to improve:
