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The Euro Heart Survey Programme is now an ESC Quality Assurance Programme with the objective of improving the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases.
This year, the EHS programme is conducting registries on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and on Acute Coronary Syndromes.
In participating (a minimum one week per month), participating centres will be given feedback on their practice in the form of regular benchmark reports. This will allow them to measure, whether or not, there is a gap between their practice and the ESC Guidelines, within a specific therapeutic area and to compare their centre with the national and European averages.
The Euro Heart Survey programme already includes several completed surveys since its launch in 1999 and results are regularly presented at the ESC Congress as well as in other major congresses: e.g. Heart Failure, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Valvular Heart Diseases, Adult Congenital Diseases, Atrial Fibrillation, Stable Angina, Diabetes and the Heart, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions.
Results of the EHS surveys are published in European Heart Journal and other Peer Review journals (44 publications).
An opportunity for Individual CardiologistsFor individual cardiologists this is an opportunity to take part in a large-scale coordinated European programme as Investigator and even co-write survey manuscripts. Cardiologists may also participate as survey committee members. An opportunity for hospitalsParticipating hospitals can compare their management procedures and outcome with established guidelines, and with other hospitals both in their own country and throughout Europe. Health care providers and governments may compare characteristics of specific patient populations, procedures and outcome in their environment with European standards and with those in other countries. Hospitals are acknowledged in Euro Heart Survey publications. Results and quality controlSurvey results are of interest to many European audiences, including the medical community, hospital management, the pharmaceutical and medical device industry, insurance companies and other healthcare providers, as well as governments. Companies may participate in survey design and analysis as sponsors. Survey results provide useful information for market research and companies. The protocol and questionnaire are developed by a committee of leading European specialists who guide the survey through to the final phase: publication of the results. The Euro Heart Survey Programme is now using CARDS questionnaires. The surveys are submitted to quality controls throughout. The protocol and questionnaire are the fruit of the reflection and experience of different committees, the data collected are verified, the centres can be subject to auditing procedures. Data collected in the centres is sent directly to the Heart House via a secured Internet connection thereby ensuring confidentiality of the information and reducing the workload (no written data to be copied, no CRFs to be sent). This interactive Internet technology has proved to provide secure data, rapid feedback, and swift intervention to solve problems: all at minimal cost. The surveys are designed to have a flexible approach to major cardiovascular topics while maintaining rigorous standards and are, therefore, adapted to the needs of both industry and medical community programmes.
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To date 43 European and neighbouring countries have taken part in the surveys.
For further information please contact: ehs@escardio.org | |