NCDR and PINNACLE

 

Quantifying Quality Improvement

The NCDR^®, an initiative of the American College of Cardiology Foundation^®, began in 1997 to help health care provider groups and institutions respond to increasing requirements to document their processes and outcomes of care in the cath lab setting. Today, the NCDR is the most comprehensive, outcomes-based quality improvement program in the United States encompassing five hospital-based registries and one practice-based registry representing 10.6 million+ patient records, 216 clinical abstracts and 70 published manuscripts.

 

As a trusted, patient-centered resource, the NCDR is uniquely positioned to help medical professionals and participating facilities identify and close gaps in quality of care; reduce wasteful and inefficient care variations; and implement effective, continuous quality improvement processes.

Visit NCDR.com or click on the links below for more information about NCDR registries.Hospital-based Registries ACTION Registry®–GWTG™ – For acute coronary syndrome patients CARE Registry® – For carotid artery revascularization and endarterectomy procedures CathPCI Registry® – For diagnostic cardiac catherizations and percutaneous coronary interventions ICD Registry™ – For implantable cardioverter defibrillators and leads IMPACT Registry™ – For improving pediatric and adult congenital treatment A new registry created in collaboration with The Society of Thoracic Surgeons STS/ACC TVT Registry™ – For transcatheter valve therapy procedures Practice-based Registry PINNACLE Registry® – For coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure and atrial fibrillation in the outpatient setting