Launching June 2013!

The AACVPR Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registry will be a powerful tool for tracking patient outcomes and program performance in meeting evidence-based guidelines for secondary prevention of pulmonary disease. It will provide pulmonary rehabilitation programs with national outcomes data for benchmarking and demonstrate the positive impact of pulmonary rehabilitation on the morbidity, mortality, physical function, and quality of life of pulmonary patients across the United States.

• •Access program and patient data reports instantly, and benchmark your results against national averages.
  •Implement quality improvement projects based on real data, and enhance documentation for administrators and referring physicians.
  •Influence healthcare policy makers to utilize cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation, and improve coverage and reimbursement rates for your program.
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Join Us for the Launch!

The AACVPR Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registry officially launches on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, with a live training Webcast.

While the Webcast will touch briefly upon the subscription process and reasons for the registry, it will primarily address the how-tos of using the registry platform. Before attending the Webcast, we encourage you to review the information below on how to subscribe, as well as the FAQs and data elements.

Register for the Webcast to start your training.

Start Your Subscription

Access to the registry is based on a program subscription.

Read our step-by-step instructions on how to subscribe. (Coming soon!)

• If you already have a user name and password for the AACVPR Web site, you can log in at the right-hand side of this page to start the process. (Note: Upon logging in you will be redirected to the homepage. From there, go to "Resources > Outpatient Data Registries" to return to this page.)
• If you do not have a login for the AACVPR Web site, please complete the Registry Principal User Contact Form at the bottom of this page to acquire the necessary login information.

Registry Full Subscriber Payment Form

AACVPR Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registry Protocol (PDF)

Participation Agreement (Word doc)

Each participating program will need to have the Participation Agreement signed. In order to make the process as efficient as possible for you and for us, please do the following:

• Insert the full and legal name of the entity that will be entering into the agreement on Page 12 where indicated;
• In section 9.12, add the address where you would like notices sent, including the name of the person to whom the notice should be addressed;
• If you have any requested revisions, please make those revisions directly on the document in a way that clearly shows the changes (i.e. "track" changes in the Word document); and
• Please do not make revisions and send us a PDF document. We cannot accept PDFs. Please send back a Word document with your tracked changes.

All correspondence regarding the registry should be sent to the postal address provided in the Participation Agreement or to registry@aacvpr.org.

Registry Resources

Frequently Asked Questions - Updated January 2013

Why Participate
Subscription
Data Collection
Reporting
Patient Privacy and HIPAA Compliance
AACVPR Program Certification Integration
Registry Development

Data Elements (PDF)

Data Collection Sheet (Word)

Definitions and Comments for Selected Data Elements (PDF)

PR Outcomes Resource Guide (Toolkit)

Registry Sponsors & Development

AACVPR would like to thank the following sponsors of the Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Registry for their support:

Founding Sponsor:

Additional support provided by:

The Registry is being developed by Cissec Corporation of Kingston, Ontario, in cooperation with SmithBucklin and AACVPR.