Participation Awards 2018 to be released in March
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:
- 0 Stars < 17 points
- 1 Star 17-26 points
- 2 Stars 27-40 points
- 3 Stars > 40 points
LTFU
- <70% = 0 points
- >=70% = 2 points
- >=80% = 4 points
- >=90% = 6 points
Regional Meeting attendance
- Each regional meeting will be scored on a 0-3 point scale:
- For centers with 3 or more MDs, 1 point for each MD attending, up to a max of 3 points
- If site has only 2 MDs and 1 attends, 2 points
- If site has <3 MDs and all attend, 3 points
- Extra point for support staff attending with an MD (but not if it pushes total for that meeting over 3 points).
- If no MD attends, 0 points, regardless of support staff attendance. (will discuss with Participation Award Committee)
- If total score for both meetings is < 6 points, the center can receive an additional point if any non-physician staff member attends the Annual VQI meeting at VAM
QI Project
- Scoring on 0 – 6 point scale to keep consistent with other measures.
- Initiation of a QI Project, evidenced by submitting a Project Charter
- Presenting a QI/Research Project (presentation or poster) at a Regional VQI or Regional Society Meeting
- Presenting a QI/Research Project (presentation or poster) at the National VQI or Vascular Annual Meeting
- Publish in a Peer Reviewed Journal
- Improvement of rates on National QI Initiatives, or maintaining excellent performance rates
Registry subscriptions
- 1-2 registries = 0 points
- 3-5 registries = 2
- 6-8 registries = 4
- ≥ 9 registries = 6
- If the center is a vein-only center (i.e. could only possibly subscribe to 1 registry) = 1 point
Total points = 4 x LTFU score (Spring and Fall) + 3 x Attendance score (Spring and Fall) + 2 x QI project score + 1 x Registry score