Medaxiom Blog

Trying to determine how much time an APP should contribute weekly can vary depending on the needs and size of the organization. Ginger Biesbrock explains why it is important for the leadership and APP teams to set and review expectations and what each should commit to for building a healthy team-based environment.

Dr. Penny Wilton is a presenter at the 2016 CVSL Symposium in Washington, D.C.
The topic? Aligning the CVSL Team on Quality, Safety and Finance. Learn more about her in this Profiles of Excellence interview.

One of the presenters at the 2016 CVSL Symposium is Mark McDonald, assistant vice president of The Heart Institute at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His presentation will focus on congenital adolescent heart care. For a glimpse into Mark’s personal side, check out this Profiles of Excellence interview.

Quality improvement centers on two key ideas: doing right things and doing things right. Leaders must be able to discern the big picture actions necessary to keep patients safe, provide them access, promote patient and physician/staff satisfaction, achieve evidence-based outcomes and do all of this cost-effectively.

There are many challenges ahead for cardiovascular health care, including how to deal with the issues facing physicians in a climate of constant change. On April 7^th, Sanjeev Gulati, MD, medical director of heart failure and transplant services at Carolinas HealthCare System’s Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, will co-present at the CV Transforum Spring’16 conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He’ll focus on how to improve the care of heart failure patients, while reducing hospital readmissions and unnecessary ED visits. Here’s glimpse into Dr. Gulati and his work.