Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators for Heart Failure

Robert S. McKelvie, George A. Heckman, Claudia Blais, Jafna L. Cox, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Yanyan Gong, Karen Harkness, Gordon Moe, Sulan Dai, Paul Dorian, David E. Johnstone, Erin C. McGeachie, Jack V. Tu, Laurie J. Lambert

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A working group was convened by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) in 2010 to identify quality indicators (QIs) for heart failure (HF). Using the CCS “Best Practices for Developing Cardiovascular Quality Indicators” methodology, a total of 49 “long-list” QIs was identified and rated. Subsequent ranking and discussion led to the selection of an initial “short-list” of 6 QIs to evaluate quality care, including daily assessment of blood chemistry indicators, chest radiography, patient education, in-hospital use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin-receptor blockers, assessment of left ventricular function, and 30-day hospital readmission. The short-list QIs were selected as being important for quality assurance and because the patient information, for the most part, can be captured during the inpatient setting, which would allow these QIs to be adopted more easily. These 6 QIs were subjected to a feasibility test that found that even within the inpatient setting, there is a significant gap between the existing knowledge infrastructure and the necessary information-tracking processes to measure QIs. Only 1 QI (30-day hospital readmission) can currently be measured comparatively across Canada, although the other 5 of 6 short-list QIs can be measured using other data collected by jurisdictions. Standardization and enhancements to knowledge infrastructure are essential to provide the comprehensive patient data necessary to evaluate the quality of HF care across Canada.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)1038.e5-1038.e9
PublicaciónCanadian Journal of Cardiology
Volumen32
N.º8
DOI
EstadoPublished - ago. 1 2016

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Funding Information:
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution of the Public Health Agency of Canada in the preparation of this article. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Canadian Cardiovascular Society

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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