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Centers of Excellence - Program Components

1.     SHAPE/Heart Health Program

A Scientific and clinically based educational program to increase referrals of “appropriately indicated” patients

Components:

              i.    Onsite training of physician leadership 
              ii.   Onsite training of medical education team
              iii.  Onsite training of administrators

  iv.  Custom CAC educational materials

1.  Cardiology/Radiology

2.  Primary care

3.  Self-Insured employers

4.  Community

5.  OB/GYN

v.    Program marketing materials

vi.   Physician reference materials

vii.  Comprehensive CAC Physician Resource Manuals

1.  Cardiology

2.  Primary Care

3.  Radiology

viii.  Economic impact analysis/projections

ix.    Ongoing performance monitoring

1.  Clinical performance

2.  Economic performance

2.     CT/CAC Operations Development Package

Ensures operational efficiency and standardization of patient selection, image acquisition, CAC results reporting, and patient outcomes management

Components

i.   Onsite training

1.  Business and financial

2.  CAC reading and results

3.  CAC timeline

4.  Operations

5.  Policies and procedures

6.  Scheduling and supplies

ii.   Template department forms

iii.  Template Policy and procedures

3.    Certified SHAPE/Heart Health “Center of Excellence”

    National and local program recognition
    Increased "appropriate patient volumes

    Standardized performance and outcomes

    Reimbursement when available

    Network access to CAC Centers

4.    Performance Benchmarking

 
  Quarterly internal benchmarking

i.    Program development

ii.   Patient selection

iii.  Referral patterns

iv.  Patient outcomes

v.   Economic impact

  Quarterly National benchmarking

i.    Patient selection

ii.   Referral patterns

iii.  Patient outcomes

iv.  Economic impact

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