Welcome to Lesson 2 of ACC's Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation Overview, covering new tool functionality. I am Bobby Bunney, and I will be narrating this presentation. The purpose for this module is to provide an overview of the functionality in the Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation tool and review the features for re-accrediting facilities. As a reminder, there are detailed guides which can be found under the Additional Resources tab. The objectives are to review the features for re-accrediting facilities, including bypassing portions of the baseline gap analysis, porting documents over from the previous accreditation, and the attestation options for select essential components. Additionally, understanding when and how to utilize the new tool functionality. This feature will apply to re-accrediting facilities only. When utilizing the term bypass baseline gap analysis, we are referring to three sections, auto-filling of the foundational information, auto-filling of the contacts, and bypassing the essential components in this phase. The next few slides will review the bypass baseline gap analysis feature, which will apply to re-accrediting facilities only. If your facility is seeking their initial Cardiac Cath Lab accreditation, this option will not be available. However, this will be available upon renewal. To best describe this process, we will start from the home page or landing page. We will zoom in on the menu to the left side of the page. Now that we are zoomed in on the menu, we will select the facility information. From there, we will click on the foundational information, which will then provide the option to copy the information from the prior accreditation. Clicking on yes will copy the information from the previous accreditation and serve as your acknowledgement that the information remains up to date. Clicking on no will provide the option to enter the information manually. Following that same process, we will now select electronic health records. As you see, the same option presents itself under this section. Make your selection here just as was done in the previous section. As you can see, you will follow the same process in completing the contact section. Click on each contact and make your selection as appropriate. If the specific contact was not filled in in the previous accreditation, then no information will transfer. Information will need to be added as appropriate. Again, for facilities renewing their accreditation, documents uploaded in the previous accreditation will automatically port over to the new accreditation application. To locate them, simply click on supporting documents from the left-sided menu. As you see, there are two tabs here, one for the current documents, which are documents uploaded during the current accreditation application, and another for historical documents, which are documents uploaded during the previous accreditation. Only documents in approved status or unread status will port over to the new application. The historical documents are available as a reference and cannot be attached to any essential components in the current application. After navigating the facility information tab and the contacts tab, the next tab on the list is essential components. When clicking on essential components, a pop-up will appear asking whether you'd like to bypass answering the essential components. Clicking yes will auto-answer each one with an N-A and allow you to bypass answering each essential component. Clicking no will default to the pathway of answering each essential component manually to complete the baseline gap analysis. Refer to the tool guide found at the left menu under additional resources for more information. Once a reaccrediting facility moves beyond the baseline phase and into the application phase, the ability to attest to designated essential components is available. Looking in governance at EC1.M1A, you can see the attest as current section available here. By clicking on the attest as current caret, this brings up a drop-down. By selecting yes, you are stating or attesting that the document uploaded in the prior accreditation still demonstrates current practice without changes. This will place an N-A in the currently met column. There is no generic need to upload a supporting document pending review from your accreditation review specialist. Looking at that same essential component, selecting no to the attest as current section will simply take you along the normal pathway of answering yes to the currently met column and uploading a supporting document. Finally, looking at EC1.M2A, you can see that this is one of the essential components designated as not attestable. These essential components will be grayed out in that section with an N-A located in there. You will simply follow the normal pathway in completing these essential components, clicking on the currently met, bringing up the drop-down, answering yes, and uploading a supporting document. This concludes Lesson 2 of 2. Thank you for your participation.

Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation tool

re-accrediting facilities

baseline gap analysis

facility information

electronic health records