CV Directions Companion: Peripheral Artery Disease and Reducing Length-of-Stay Post-Amputation

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Are you performing amputations due to Peripheral Artery Disease?

In the NEW CV Directions, Phalan Bolden and Latasha Ruffin report excellent results from the Vascular Amputation Task Force's initiative to reduce length-of-stay post-amputation.

Learn more, reduce costs.

More on Peripheral Artery Disease, compiled by authors Bolden and Ruffin:

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a condition characterized by atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the lower extremities.  Risk factors for peripheral artery disease include elevated blood cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, hypertension, inactivity and obesity.  Diabetes and smoking are the strongest risk factors.

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Healthcare Environment in 2015, What do you think?

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Healthcare executives recently shared 5 big predictions for 2015 with Healthcare DIVE, which might directly effect how you do your jobs in the rapidly approaching future.

Lisa Khorey of Ernst & Young's Health Care Advisory practice expects interoperability—the extent to which healthcare systems can share data—will be a major theme for administrators this year.

But this theme of data sharing extends further than clinical applications of shared medical records.

In the new CV Directions, dropping tomorrow, Jared Hullet of Vigilant Medical shares his ideas about online collaboration and data sharing:

"Now, imagine a department at one facility being able to post a sample of studies to a partner institution. That partner institution could then do an explanatory review for appropriateness and quality while simultaneously posting studies to the first institution for review as well. This proactive and cost effective approach would put these institutions out in front of the quality and appropriateness issues most cardiac programs are beginning to dread."

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New Cath Lab Opening in Bronxville, New York

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BRONXVILLE, NY—New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, NY announces the opening of a NEW Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Lab Program in early 2015.

On Monday, February 9, 4:00pm - 8:30pm, you have an opportunity to network with the Cath Lab team at NYP/Lawrence, tour their brand new Cath Lab, and hear about available career opportunities for Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, and Angioplasty Specialists.

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Interview with Mark Baker, Cath Lab Director at Platte Valley Medical Center

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Platte Valley Medical Center is hosting three days of ACVP educational events in Brighton, Colorado, including an exciting two-day Cardio Conference February 12-13, and a CCI Exam Review session February 14.

We sat down with PVMC Cath Lab Director Mark Baker, RCIS, MICP, RCSA, CTAE to talk about what's in store.

What motivated you to host?

There's not a lot of education of this type out here in Colorado. They don't have a lot of education that's geared towards Allied Health. In the northeast region in Colorado,  there are not a lot of large hospitals, so getting education in difficult. If there is anything, it's usually in Denver.

What about the upcoming meeting are you most excited about?

I invited physicians that I know from Alaska. Some of the methodologies for care [there] are a little bit different. Having our staff see these different points of view, that's what I'm most excited about. I think it's going to stir up a lot of conversation about how we're doing things now and how we should do them in the future.

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