Quality of Care Study Group

Composition of the group

Study group leadership

François Schiele (FR)

Study group members

• Prof. Keith  Fox
• Prof. Chritiaan Vrints
• Dr. Christopher Gale
• Prof. Eva Swahn
• Dr. Fredric Capuano
• Prof. Hector Bueno
• Prof. Marco Tubaro
• Dr. Maria Rubini
• Prof. Nicolas Danchin
• Dr. Theresa Mc Donagh
• Prof. Tom Quinn
• Prof. Uwe Zeymer
• Prof. Kurt Huber
• Dr. Maddalena Lettino
• Dr. Zaza Iakobishvili
• Dr. Eric Bonnefoy

Publications 2015-2016

Quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction: A position paper of ACVC

Aims

• To promote QoC as one of the main objectives of the ACVC
• To continuously integrate QoC into various ACVC and ESC initiatives (textbooks, guidelines, congress programmes, workshops, webinars)
• To develop dedicated PM to assess QoC in various acute situations such as acute coronary syndromes, acute heart failure, acute arrhythmias and acute pulmonary embolism.
• To produce position papers on the topic.
• To design, promote and participate in a multicenter registry to assess QoC in specific acute cardiac situations.
• To report on quality assessment to public health administrations, Insurance companies, the press (lay and specialised), patients and the general population.

Activities, achievements and future projects

• Definition of PMs for acute myocardial infarction: started May 2014, first poll May 2014, draft for definition Q4 2014, position paper submission Q2 2015.
• Definition of PMs for acute heart failure: Group modification with additional members who are experts in HF (chair and members) September 2014; draft for PM definition Q2 2015, position paper submission Q4 2015.
• Other clinical situations: To be determined.
• PM assessment: proposal for specific variables to be added to an ACCA(ACVC) registry;
• Reporting of data to scientific community, administrators, press and public