Developing tools to measure quality in congenital catheterization and interventions: the congenital cardiac catheterization project on outcomes (C3PO)

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2014 Apr-Jun;10(2):63-7. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-10-2-63.

Abstract

The broad range of relatively rare procedures performed in pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratories has made the standardization of care and risk assessment in the field statistically quite problematic. However, with the growing number of patients who undergo cardiac catheterization, it has become imperative that the cardiology community overcomes these challenges to study patient outcomes. The Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes was able to develop benchmarks, tools for measurement, and risk adjustment methods while exploring procedural efficacy. Based on the success of these efforts, the collaborative is pursuing a follow-up project, the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes-Quality Improvement, aimed at improving the outcomes for all patients undergoing catheterization for congenital heart disease by reducing radiation exposure.

Keywords: C3PO; CHARM; Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes; congenital cardiac catheterization; pediatric catheterization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Benchmarking / standards*
  • Cardiac Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Cardiac Catheterization / standards*
  • Decision Support Techniques*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy*
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Process Assessment, Health Care / standards*
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care / standards*
  • Registries
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome

Grants and funding

Funding/Support: The authors have received grant funding for the C3PO project from The Children’s Heart Foundation and the American Heart Association.