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A collaborative of regional vascular quality improvement groups collecting and analyzing data in an effort to improve patient care.
The Vascular Quality Initiative® (VQI) utilizes M2S’s Clinical Data Pathways secure, web-based platform and is governed by the SVS Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO). Collecting data on major vascular procedures, the Initiative offers an opportunity for long-term data collection critical to meaningful outcomes assessment.
The SVS PSO provides oversight of data sharing arrangements, key
outcome and quality measure analyses, and dissemination of information to participating providers in the regional study groups. The PSO allows collection of patient-identified data for quality improvement purposes, without requiring consent from individual patients or prior Institutional Review Board approval. Comparative reports are protected from legal discovery by the Patient Safety Organization. For more information on the SVS PSO, click here.
VQI collects perioperative and one-year follow-up data to generate real-time benchmarked reports of performance measures, major outcomes, and complications to assess quality of care and determine best practices in vascular surgery. Regional groups can meet and share data collected by their individual sites to initiate quality improvement projects. These regional networks are built on the highly successful Vascular Study Group of New England (VSGNE) model.
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Vascular Quality Initiative provides:
- Real-time benchmarked reports of major outcomes and processes of care at the physician and center level
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Tracking of center performance over time
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PSO-protection to use outcomes data to design quality improvement activities
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Data collection to meet the requirements of:
- CMS's Carotid Artery Stent Facility Recertification
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Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
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ABS's Maintenance of Certification
M2S teamed up with the VSGNE in 2009 to help expand their quality improvement registry. By studying their outcomes, the VSGNE has been able to generate numerous publications and identify best practices of care and better patient selection algorithms to improve outcomes. The collection and exchange of aggregate data across multiple participants in the registry fosters continuous improvement in the quality, safety, effectiveness, and cost of caring for patients.
Find out more by joining one of our webinars!
Additional Resources
- SVS VQI Presentation at the Vascular Annual Meeting - June 2011
- Interview about the Vascular Quality Initiative
- Frequently Asked Questions for VQI
- Frequently Asked Questions for Clinical Data Pathways
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