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VADs

1. Discharge & De-escalation for VAD Patients QI Project

CHARTER/KDDs

Discharge & De-escalation Kickoff Powerpoint

Discharge & De-escalation Project Invitation Packet

DATA ENTRY LINKS

      1. Add patient data to REDCap 
      2. VAD Patients should also be entered into the ACTION Simplified Clinical Registry
      3. See the  Discharge FAQ for additional data entry guidance.

INTERVENTIONS/TOOLS

ACTION VAD Flight Plan

HeartMate 3TM LVAD Patient Journey (English)

HeartMate 3TM LVAD Viaje del Paciente (Español)

HVADTM System Patient Journey (English)

Berlin Heart EXCOR® Patient Journey (English)

Berlin Heart EXCOR® Viaje del Paciente (Español)

VAD Medical Safety Card

2. Patient Reported Outcomes Project

CHARTER/KDDs

PROs Project Charter

DATA ENTRY LINKS

Patient Reported Outcomes (Baseline data collection)
  1. See  Enrolling Patients in Tonic Platform 
    Note: To stop surveys and de-activate a patient (due to transplant or other explant reason) see Tonic’s Lock Patient’s Account – Tip Sheet)

INTERVENTIONS/TOOLS

3. ABCD’s of Reducing Stroke QI Project

CHARTER/KDDs

Stroke 2.0 Project Charter

DATA ENTRY LINKS

  1. Add patient data to REDCap.
  2. VAD patients should also be entered into Simplified Clinical. 

INTERVENTIONS/TOOLS

DTI Harmonized Protocol for VADs

CF VAD Blood Pressure Clinical Support Tool

BP Measurement and Target Reco-mmendations

VAD Stroke Prevention Daily Rounds Checklist

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Data Entry

VAD PATIENTS

PROJECTS

ABCD’s of Reducing Stroke

  1. All VAD patient data should be entered into Simplified Clinical.  (Additional QI REDCap coming soon.) 

Discharge & De-escalation for VAD Patients

    1. REDCap Link 
    2. VAD Patients should also be entered into the ACTION Simplified Clinical Registry
    3. See the  Discharge FAQ for additional data entry guidance.

Medications Titration (Telehealth) Improvement Project

  1. REDCap Link: None at this time, data collection ceased February 2021.

Heart Failure Project (Discharge Plan & Communication Checklist)

See Heart Failure Data Entry infographic for more information.

  1. REDCap link for Prospective HF patients (Enrollment of HF patients)
  2. Use of the daily rounding communication checklist tool will be captured by scanning a QR code each day the checklist is used to track the frequency of use.
  3. Teams are responsible for uploading a copy of the patient’s Discharge Summary into the prospective enrollment REDCap. Teams should also complete the  Discharge Plan for each patient, and if they do not fill out the electronic version of the Discharge Plan, they should also upload a copy of the Discharge Plan to the enrollment REDCap.
    • The ACTION DCC will have a CRC pull the data from the uploaded plans and enter it into REDCap for teams (to reduce data entry burden).
  4. Data will also be linked with PHIS to reduce data entry burden.
Fontan Referral Tracking Project (Baseline data collection)
  1. REDCap link for baseline data collection for Fontan Referrals
Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Project (Baseline data collection)
  1. REDCap link for enrollment of DMD patients for baseline data collection
  2. Select the “ACTION DMD” project after logging in
CardioMEMS Registry (Baseline data collection)
  1. REDCap for enrollment of CardioMEMS patients for baseline data collection
  2. Select the “ACTION CardioMEMS” project after logging in
Patient Reported Outcomes (Baseline data collection)
  1. See  Enrolling Patients in Tonic Platform