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Keeping PACE with Quality
ACC’s first Performance Improvement (PI)-CME initiative, Keeping PACE, launched in May. Patient-centered ACS Care Education is a revolutionary educational activity that bridges continuing education, quality improvement and registry data. Participants customize their own learning experience based on ACTION®-GWTG™ Registry data from their hospitals. They review the data and conduct a self assessment, develop a plan for improving performance and participate in at least one targeted educational initiative. Finally, they reassess their performance data to measure progress. For more information, go to www.cardiosource.org/Certified-Education/eLearning-and-Products/PI-ACS.aspx or contact Melissa Ketchum (mketchum@ acc.org) or Laura Lee Hall (lhall@acc.org). Focus on Vascular Disease provides a comprehensive analysis of the diagnosis and treatment strategies for patients with peripheral vascular disease. It explores the natural history, epidemiology, pathophysiology and methods of diagnosis of non-coronary vascular diseases, as well as evidence-based medical, interventional and surgical management strategies. Topics covered include carotid and cerebrovascular diseases, aortic, mesenteric and renal vascular diseases, and lower extremity vascular — including venous thromboembolic disease. All three products now include lectures from ACC.10 and i2 Summit 2010 in addition to content from ACC.09 and i2 Summit 2009. For more information, go to Cardio-Source.org and select Certified Education, eLearning & Products.
A Customized User Experience
The new CardioSource.org will not only be more convenient, but also better tailored to users’ needs. Members will be able to log in for a customized experience that delivers information according to specifications and preferences you set, including customization of your MyCardioSource home page. You will be able to tag your interests in order to populate your individual MyCardioSource home page with news and links relevant to your priorities. MyCardioSource also will track CME and include convenient links to your dedicated Learning Portfolio. The site also incorporates CardioSource Communities, designed to allow users to network with peers and discuss the latest news and content on CardioSource. Participants can use the CardioSource Communities feature to organize groups around topics, exchange ideas, upload photos and plan events. You will be able to create a CardioSource Communities profile to connect to other users and converse with peers around the world. In April, the ACC collaborated with longtime partners the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the Children’s Heart Foundation and Mended Little Hearts on the fourth Congenital Heart Lobby Day in Washington, D.C. ACC’s Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology (ACPC) Section championed the College’s involvement in this advocacy effort, which was specifically focused on funding legislation. Almost 120 participants, including patients, family members, pediatric cardiologists, adult congenital cardiologists, CCA members and surgeons, made close to 140 visits on Capitol Hill.