Launching June 2012
The AACVPR Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry will be a unique and powerful tool for tracking patient outcomes and program performance in meeting evidence-based guidelines for secondary prevention of heart and vascular disease. It will provide cardiac rehabilitation programs with national outcomes data for benchmarking and demonstrate the positive impact of cardiac rehabilitation on the morbidity, mortality, physical function, and quality of life of heart patients across the United States. Click here to read the press release.
Influencing National Healthcare Practices
Benefits for Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
Registry Functionality
Sponsors and Development
Data Collection and Reporting
Beta Testing and Launch
Frequently Asked Questions
Business Associate Agreement - Coming soon!
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is not well utilized in standard heart care, despite being recognized as a standard of care by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Hospital Association (AHA), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), and AACVPR. As healthcare systems begin to emphasize chronic disease management, we have a valuable opportunity to demonstrate the value of CR.
By tracking and providing comparative data for benchmarking of clinical, behavioral, health, and service outcomes, as well as tracking key program performance issues, the AACVPR Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry will provide a solid base of scientific data to promote more widespread use of CR services for eligible heart patients.
Through the AACVPR Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry, CR programs will be able to:
• Create and manage patient profiles
• Enter and view outcomes data on enrolled patients in real time
• Track and quantify progress of the CR program in meeting performance goals
• Produce individual and grouped outcomes reports
• Automatically download their program profile and outcomes data to the AACVPR Certification application
By assisting in the collection, management, and interpretation of outcomes data, the registry will help CR programs:
• Compare outcomes and processes to evidence-based goals and national benchmarks
• Implement quality improvement projects based on real data
• Enhance documentation and communication with the program’s key audiences, such as hospital administrators and referring physicians
• Promote the role of CR in the management of chronic heart and vascular disease
• Increase support from physicians
• Improve 3rd-party payer coverage and reimbursement rates
Through this Web-based registry, subscribers will be able to access accurate, high-quality data in real time, from any computer with an Internet connection. The data is secured using industry-standard SSL and rigorous encryption techniques.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) will allow CR programs with existing electronic systems to seamlessly and securely send data to the registry, while programs currently using a paper-based data collection system can step up to an easy-to-use interface that facilitates patient management and delivers critical patient care and program process feedback.
Sponsors and Development
AACVPR would like to thank the founding sponsor of the Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Registry for its unrestricted support.
The registry is being developed by Cissec Corporation of Kingston, Ontario, in cooperation with SmithBucklin and AACVPR.
Three categories of data, based on current practices and sound clinical evidence, will be collected:
• Patient demographic information, such as age, ethnicity, and pre-existing comorbid conditions
• Program performance measures such as referral rates, enrollment rates, completion rates, and medication compliance
• Individual patient outcomes, including key clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral measures
Programs will have immediate access to their patients’ data and will be able to see how their data compare to aggregated data from other programs in the registry. Reports based on various demographic variables will help programs determine whether there are inequalities in outcomes based on gender, ethnic, or age differences, or comorbidities.
AACVPR is working with a cross-sectional group of beta-test sites to test the functionality of the registry, collect feedback on the data fields and dataset definitions, determine the appropriateness and validity of the outcome measures, and ensure that the reporting mechanisms meet program needs. The registry is scheduled to officially launch in June 2012.
Become an early adopter! Contact AACVPR Headquarters for more information 312/321.5146