Welcome to this series of instructional videos directed toward onboarding education for our NCDR international community. The content in this lesson was developed by John Jarratt and myself. I'm David Bonner, and I'll be narrating this lesson. The American College of Cardiology is focused on the global community as represented in the college's mission to transform cardiovascular care and improve heart health, and its vision, a world where innovation and knowledge optimize cardiovascular care and outcomes. In every aspect of the work we do at the American College of Cardiology, we all work together with the same core values leading us and guiding us through our daily work. The core values for the American College of Cardiology reflect a patient-centered focus as we strive to work together through teamwork and collaboration, and we maintain professionalism and excellence to ensure support of our mission and vision. The NCDR suite of cardiovascular data registries are designed to be outcomes-based to help hospitals continuously measure and improve the quality of care they provide. In the international space, NCDR has been used by a variety of public and private institutions to create a culture of ongoing quality improvement, detect gaps in patient care, and make decisions towards the best use of resources. Overseas, there are clear examples of how institutions have been able to achieve reduction in costs, increases in revenue, and improvement in patient outcomes simultaneously. The National Cardiovascular Data Registry is a very important part of the American College of Cardiology. To align with the ACC's overarching strategic directives, the NCDR developed an operational mission and vision based on evidence, patient care, and outcomes. The NCDR mission is to improve patient care and heart health through trusted, real-world evidence, and the vision includes a world where NCDR advances patient care, outcomes, and value through knowledge and innovation. Now, let's begin our review of common terminology used in NCDR data registries. The American College of Cardiology's National Cardiovascular Data Registry, or NCDR, is a recognized source for measuring and quantifying outcomes and identifying gaps in the delivery of quality care. Data from NCDR is used in select pay-for-reporting and or performance programs, demonstrate the benefit and challenges of such incentive programs. To date, the ACC has developed eight hospital-based cardiovascular registries. More than just data collection, NCDR is a comprehensive network of cardiovascular care providers committed to promoting the delivery of evidence-based care, improving patient outcomes, and lowering healthcare costs. Business Support Operations Associates, BSOs, are NCDR staff members specially trained to enroll NCDR participants and fulfill account management responsibilities. BSO Associate is the first line of contact between NCDR and our participant community. Business Support Operations Associates are available for all registries between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except for days when the American College of Cardiology is closed. The BSO team triage all incoming questions in a timely manner. Clinical Quality Advisors, CQAs, are NCDR staff members with clinical healthcare expertise, skillfully trained to educate and provide registry-specific consultation with NCDR participants. Clinical Quality Advisor Associates are available for all registries between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, except for days when the American College of Cardiology is closed. The CQA team operates on a standard policy of first in and first out to ensure fairness for the entire participant community. All NCDR participant facilities or hospitals are assigned a six-digit participant ID or a PID at the time of enrollment. The PID is unique to the facility and or hospital and should be provided to NCDR for identification in all communications. Registry Site Manager, or the RSM, is an NCDR participant assigned the responsibility of maintaining end-user oversight of a specific NCDR registry product as contracted with the American College of Cardiology. Responsibilities of an RSM include creating staff profiles, assigning website privileges, assigning and monitoring website access, maintaining updated information, completing and maintaining the hospital site profile, and potentially selecting software vendors for data collection. The Data Collection Form, or the DCF, is a printable form which mirrors the data elements in the electronic data collection tool. This form may be used as a hard copy document for purpose needs during the abstraction process. Data collection forms in any given registry are organized so that each one focuses on different sections. The Data Collection Tool, or DCT, is an electronic tool used to collect and send data to the NCDR Data Warehouse, which is managed by the American College of Cardiology. All NCDR registries come complete with the ACC Online Data Collection Tool, there's no extra fee included, and participants can begin data entry on day one. Alternatively, third-party software vendor tools are available to all NCDR participants. Direct Patient Identifiers, DPI, are personal information used to identify specific individuals such as their date of birth, social security number, phone number, address, etc. DPI is protected under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, privacy rules. NCDR offers the option to exclude DPI from your data harvest. Patient Demographic Interoperability is a function provided for the NCDR participant community who use the ACC Online Data Collection Tool as their means of entering and submitting data to the NCDR Data Warehouse. The purpose of Patient Demographic Interoperability is to minimize and consolidate the number of times a patient is entered into the system. Regardless of registry selection, every patient should have one master entry which includes all direct patient identifiers. Once a patient demographic is complete, registry-specific procedures may be added to the demographic and will be sorted into registry-specific views. Because patient demographics are interoperable, it is extremely important to take caution when attempting to delete patient identifier information. System warnings are in place to prevent unwanted deletions, however, it is important to check with all registry RSM personnel before deleting any patient. This concludes our lesson, and thank you for your participation.

NCDR international community

cardiovascular care

heart health

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