MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute
Participates in Find Your Heart a Home in Partnership with American College of
Cardiology
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute is further
demonstrating its dedication to quality improvement, transparency, and patient
and provider engagement.
In this era of health care transparency, patients and their
families want access to credible information about quality of care to help them
make informed decisions.
Consumers consult online search tools to make decisions on
restaurants and hotels, and now they can do the same for their cardiovascular
care.
Find Your Heart a Home is a first-of-its-kind hospital
comparison database for cardiac care. It allows patients and caregivers, to
search and compare hospitals based on the cardiac services they provide and
important information on the quality of care they deliver.
“Transparency in health care is a growing expectation among
patients and their caregivers,” said Allen J. Taylor, MD, FACC FAHA, chief of Cardiology at
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute.
“The Find Your Heart a Home tool can offer the transparency
patients are seeking and help eliminate the information clutter by giving them
reliable information they need to make informed choices. We are proud to be
partnering with ACC on this important pilot project.”
Find Your Heart a Home is populated with data from the
National Cardiovascular Data Registry, which tracks certain heart care
procedures performed at hospitals nationwide.
It rated MedStar
Washington Hospital Center, the founding hospital of MedStar Heart &
Vascular Institute, based on 1,810 cardiac catheterization and angioplasty
procedures, and 520 implanted cardiac defibrillators. For each aspect of care
evaluated, the Hospital Center’s performance earned the maximum four stars.
The tool is part of ACC’s CardioSmart initiative, a website
full of educational information and tools to help guide patients on their heart
health journey.
“MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute is a pioneer in this
effort to give patients the tools they need to become an active participant
when mapping out their cardiac care plan,” said ACC President Kim Allan
Williams, MD, FACC. “They are showing a true commitment to transparency and
quality and serving as an example to hospitals across the country.”
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