Statewide Meetings
For over fourteen years, physicians and surgeons, hospital leaders in cardiac care and quality improvement, and data experts from across Washington state have collaborated to improve cardiac revascularization care.
14th Annual Statewide Meeting
COAP would like to thank the125+ attendees who joined us for the 2010 Statewide Meeting, held May 24th at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center, where we were very fortunate to have two nationally-recognized speakers, in addition to several local and regional experts, for our 14th Annual meeting:
- Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, the new President of the American College of Cardiology, spoke about new horizons in quality assessment (5MB .pdf), particularly PCI-specific applications and broader questions of the appropriateness of PCI vs. CABG for revascularization.
*DISCLOSURE: Please note that slides 75-110 in Dr. Brindis's presentation are related to work done by Prism/Health Outcomes Sciences and Dr. John Spertus. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has a financial relationship with Prism/Health Outcomes Sciences. - Richard L. Prager, MD, Director of the Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons Quality Initiative, discussed the crucial role of regional quality initiatives (9MB .pdf) in improving quality of care and the unique approaches that the Michigan voluntary regional QI initiative has introduced to reduce mortality and improve the quality of care.
Throughout the day, the full program agenda also included:
- A discussion of current issues in reimbursement and cost considerations with Medicare contractor Dr. Dick Whitten (2MB .pdf);
- An afternoon breakout session highlighting cardiology, with sessions on both urban and rural challenges, as well as what is new in the state's effort to champion this cause;
- An afternoon breakout session highlighting cardiac surgery, which presented results from a recent surgeon survey on risk adjustment followed by a discussion on the relationship between risk adjustment, transparency and quality initiatives;
- and opportunities to network with colleagues from across the state...
13th Annual Statewide Meeting
COAP would like to thank the 125+ attendees who joined us for our 2009 Annual Statewide Meeting, held May 19th at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center, where we --
- learned from Edwin Fonner, Jr. DrPH, Executive Director, The Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Improvement Initiative, a Regional QI Program;
- learned about "Appropriate Use of Cardiovascular Technology: Can Professional Society Criteria Help Improve Care?" (~22MB .pdf) from Manesh R. Patel, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Assistant Director, Cardiac Catherization Lab, Duke University Medical Center, lead author of the Report on 2009 Appropriateness Criteria for Coronary Revascularization recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology;
- heard from colleagues at UW Medical Center on their progress using data to improve quality outcomes, including their shared example of what a Hospital Dashboard could soon look like;
- discussed progress on work to increase transparency and public reporting of quality data; and
- engaged in an open Q&A about the future of COAP!
Click here to download the agenda to see what you missed, and be sure to join us next year!
12th Annual Statewide Meeting
COAP would like to thank all the attendees who joined us for our 2008 Annual Statewide Meeting at the Hilton Airport & Conference Center. We are pleased to offer some selected materials and presentations for download:
- Keynote speaker, Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Performance Measures, National Quality Forum spoke about "Strategic Issues in Performance Measurement - Moving Towards Outcomes."
- Program Director, Kristin Sitcov, provided a report on "COAP Audit Results and Progress" as the program works through its first ever round of fieldwork with all participating hospitals.
- Central Washington Hospital's Amy Berkompas spoke about reducing "Door-to-Balloon Times.
Eleventh Annual Statewide Meeting
COAP would like to thank all the attendees who joined us for our 2007 Annual Statewide Meeting at the Hilton Airport & Conference Center. We are pleased to offer some selected materials and presentations for download:
Making Progress on Door-to-Balloon: Reports from Participating Hospitals
- St. Joseph Medical Center - Tacoma
Peggy Coltrin, Clinical Manager & Linda Dyson, Quality Improvement Specialist - Harrison Medical Center - Bremerton
Lauren Newcomer, RN, BSN, COAP Data Abstractor - Good Samaritan Hospital - Puyallup
Chris Rock, Trauma Program Manager - Swedish Medical Center
Tim Dewhurst, MD, FACC, Interventional Cardiologist - Southwest Washington Medical Center
Charles Cannan, MD, Cardiologist
COAP in 2007
Mary Gregg, MD, MHA, COAP Medical Director
The Next Frontiers for Quality Improvement
Eric D. Peterson, MD, MPH, Duke Clinical Research Institute
Tenth Annual Statewide Meeting
We are pleased to offer a selection of presentations and other materials from the Meeting:
- Blood Transfusion
John M. Harlan, MD, Associate Medical Director for Blood Services, Harborview Medical Center - Decreasing Door-to-Balloon Time
Christi McCarren, RN, Tacoma General Hospital
