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Building & Maturing Regional Cardiac Networks

Building & Maturing Regional Cardiac Networks. Christine Yuhas, NREMTA, ASN, BSA, MBA, CMTE AEL Specialty Care Network Coordinator. Begin by Mapping out all your referring and recieving cardiac centers. Start with your Receiving Cardiac Centers and work your way out.

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Building & Maturing Regional Cardiac Networks

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  1. Building & Maturing Regional Cardiac Networks Christine Yuhas, NREMTA, ASN, BSA, MBA, CMTE AEL Specialty Care Network Coordinator

  2. Begin by Mapping out all your referring and recieving cardiac centers

  3. Start with your Receiving Cardiac Centers and work your way out

  4. Include all your stakeholders: CEO’s, CNO’s, Cath Lab & ED Directors, EMS Directors…….

  5. Make a timeline and a checklist Algorithms & Flowcharts have been reviewed by all stakeholders for input Personal site visits are scheduled Maps & Lists Done Jan 2015 Apr 2014 Aug 2014 All internal processes are down to a fine science Introduction Letters & Algorithms are sent to referring centers Jun 2014 Jan 2014 Feb 2014 Sept 2014 Start adding referral centers in one at a time It can take 1 to 2 years or more to build a Regional Cardiac Network

  6. Create your Checklist Sample Regional Checklist

  7. Delegate each piece of the process to a stakeholder Sample Meeting Agenda

  8. Four of the oldest most successful Cardiac Networks MN gave all hospitals access to PPCI NC RACE created an alliance to promote best practice IL STAT HEART created rules to participate TX Austin Heart put together an Algorithm to follow

  9. Secrets of Sustainability Align with a National Program Pick a passionate Coordinator Include All Providers as Stakeholders Set up an Immediate Feedback Loop Send out Data to stakeholders at least Monthly Use Quarterly Meeting’s to pull Areas/Regions together

  10. Cardiac Networks in the South Central US

  11. A mature cardiac network has immediate, monthly, & quarterly feedback loops with data to all stakeholders

  12. Some Texas Examples Tarrant County has 10 SOCVC Accredited CPC’s and 8 Dedicated 24/7 PPCI Centers Dallas County has 10 SOCVC Accredited CPC’s and 13 Dedicated 24/7 PPCI Centers 2 10 10 8 13 4 3 Beeville Refugio Rockport 2 Alice Kingsville Corpus Christi has 2 SOCVC Accredited Cardiac Centers 5 Referring Hospitals & 3 large Clinics in Portland, Robstown, Flour Bluff NAS

  13. A Texas PPCI Map updated Sept 2013

  14. My Goal: Global Access to PPCI within 60 minutes

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