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Medstreaming/M2S, a leading performance management solutions company that offers innovative technology and services for healthcare providers, medical societies, and industry partners, has collaborated with the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) to provide real-world evidence data to help device manufacturers meet regulatory requirements, including the new European…Read More
The SVS PSO is forming a work group to examine how the SVS PSO might help members respond to the national opioid epidemic. The work group will be asked to make formal recommendations to the SVS PSO Executive Committee on how the VQI can help assist members with this issue….Read More
The results of the 2018 participation awards will be released in March. Sites will receive their individual results and a listing of all awards recipients will appear on the VQI website.
A short review of the scoring process:
Points needed for each Star level are as follows:
*Poster Presentation and Networking Reception – Tuesday, June 11th at 5:00PM to 6:30PM
The VQI invites you to submit abstracts for poster presentations at the 4th Annual VQI@VAM Meeting.
The poster session is an opportunity to present your work in quality improvement at the 2019 VQI@VAM Meeting to an audience of vascular surgeons, data…Read More
There is wide variation in compliance with SVS AAA guidelines and room for improvement. VQI is a valuable tool for determining impact of guidelines and compliance and further work required to align CPG’s and VQI. Dr. Larry Kraiss and Dr. Thomas Forbes presented the SVS Clinical Practice Guidelines and how…Read More
Congratulations to Canadian VQI team on publication of their recent article in the Canadian Journal of Surgery!
“Utility of the Vascular Quality Initiative in improving quality of care in Canadian patients undergoing vascular surgery”. Elizabeth Liao, BSc Naomi Eisenberg, PT, MEd Anish Kaushal, BSc Janice Montbriand, PhD Kong-Teng Tan, MD…Read More
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December 17, 2018
Chicago, IL and West Lebanon, NH – The Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) has marked yet another milestone as it welcomed its 500th participating center to the registry. With over 500 centers, 500,000 procedures, and 3,000 participating physicians entering cases…Read More
The Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® (SVS VQI) has marked another milestone as it recently surpassed 500,000 procedures. With nearly 500 medical centers, and 3,000 participating physicians entering cases across 12 different vascular procedures, the VQI continues to experience tremendous growth across the United States and Canada.
The VQI…Read More
In addition to the QI Project Guide published in 2016, the SVS PSO has developed the QI Project Guide Supplement: A Focus on the National Quality Initiatives. This Supplement will help you to start and develop your own QI project around the SVS PSO National Quality Initiatives for Discharge Medications…Read More
At the VQI Annual Meeting 2018, VQI centers from across the country and in Canada presented abstracts and posters in a Networking ant Poster Session. Topics included reducing infection, improvement in long term follow-up.
The winner of the Poster Competition was “Implementation of a Structured Protocol to Improve Rates of VQI Registry…Read More
