Preparing for Quality Payment Program Year Four
(NOTE: This is a longer version of an article that appeared in the May 2020 issue of Vascular Specialist.)
With the confounding issues facing healthcare c-suites today, it can be difficult to impress how the Vascular Verification Program works strategically to improve outcomes for the patient and hospital by prioritizing efforts to increase effective and efficient delivery of care—reducing risk for post-operative negative consequences.
Please download this PowerPoint to help facilitate the conversation or contact SVSQuality@vascularsociety.org to schedule a consultation with one of our SVS Vascular Verification leaders to discuss working with your c-suite.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are pleased to present the Vascular Verification Program, a national quality verification program focused on the care and treatment of patients receiving vascular surgical and interventional care in an inpatient setting.
Recognizing the depth and breadth of scope in the areas of vascular care and treatment, this program provides an evidence-driven, standardized pathway for establishing and growing the quality improvement and clinical care infrastructure within your vascular program.
With two levels of participation to engage vascular programs across the spectrum of care, the Vascular Verification Program offers an opportunity to reflect on the progress your center's vascular care program has made thus far and focus on how to continuously improve quality within the program in the future.
Become a Vascular-VP Center
As a program uniquely focused on the care of vascular surgical and interventional patients in an inpatient setting, the Vascular Verification Program offers an opportunity to chart the progress of your center's program while also setting benchmarks and goals to continue the quality improvement journey of vascular science.
If you have questions about the Vascular Verification Program, please contact us at vascular@facs.org.
(NOTE: This is a longer version of an article that appeared in the May 2020 issue of Vascular Specialist.)
The new abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) guidelines are some of the most extensive ever developed by the Society for Vascular Surgery, with 112 recommendations and 774 supporting references.
The SVS Patient Safety Organization has announced the winners of the 2016 VQI Participation Awards. This program, in its second year, recognizes the importance of active participation in the VQI as a critical component of the quality improvement mission.
CHICAGO, Illinois – A new Vascular Medicine Registry will be launched in early 2017 by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM).
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen has been named the new medical director of the Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO).
As of mid-December, researchers have activated the first 10 medical sites and enrolled the first nine patients in a study that will determine the safety and effectiveness of inferior vena cava filters, small, cage-like devices implanted to prevent life-threatening blood clots from reaching the heart or lungs. While vein filters have been in use for years, PRESERVE (Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters), is the first large-scale, multispecialty, prospective clinical research trial that will evaluate their real world safety and effectiveness. The inferior vena cava is the main vessel returning blood from the lower half of the body to the heart.