TY - JOUR
T1 - Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Quality of Care Centres Programme
T2 - design and accreditation document
AU - Seferovic, Petar M.
AU - Piepoli, Massimo F.
AU - Lopatin, Yuri
AU - Jankowska, Ewa
AU - Polovina, Marija
AU - Anguita-Sanchez, Manuel
AU - Stoerk, Stefan
AU - Lainscak, Mitja
AU - Milicic, Davor
AU - Milinkovic, Ivan
AU - Filippatos, Gerasimos
AU - Coats, Andrew J. S.
AU - Anker, Stefan
AU - Backs, Johannes
AU - Bauersachs, Johann
AU - Ben Gal, Tuvia
AU - de Boer, Rudolf A.
AU - Doehner, Wolfram
AU - Celutkiene, Jelena
AU - Chioncel, Ovidiu
AU - Heymans, Stephane
AU - Hill, Loreena
AU - Jaarsma, Tiny
AU - Lund, Lars H.
AU - Lyon, Alexander R.
AU - Metra, Marco
AU - Moura, Brenda
AU - Mueller, Cristian
AU - Mullens, Wilfried
AU - Ponikowski, Piotr
AU - Rosano, Giuseppe
AU - Ruschitzka, Frank
AU - Thum, Thomas
AU - Volterrani, Maurizio
AU - Heart Failure Association Board of the European Society of Cardiology
N1 - Funding Information:
The QCC Programme is a major initiative in the HFA/ESC, and its overall complexity and impact will require long‐term commitment. The Programme will also require a permanent structure within the HFA/ESC with dedicated professional staff. This structure will be responsible for the management and coordination of QCC activities (including accreditation and recertification), as well as for the continuous recruitment of new QCCs. It will operate under the supervision of the HFA/ESC QCC Task Force, which will retain governance of the project. A package of financial support from the HFA/ESC has been designated to cover the moderate expenses expected at the beginning of the project. Some of the costs will have to be covered by the centres applying for accreditation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 European Society of Cardiology
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - Heart failure (HF) is the major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Given its rising prevalence, the costs of HF care can be expected to increase. Multidisciplinary management of HF can improve quality of care and survival. However, specialized HF programmes are not widely available in most European countries. These circumstances underlie the suggestion of the Heart Failure Association (HFA)of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the development of quality of care centres (QCCs). These are defined as health care institutions that provide multidisciplinary HF management at all levels of care (primary, secondary and tertiary), are accredited by the HFA/ESC and are implemented into existing health care systems. Their major goals are to unify and improve the quality of HF care, and to promote collaboration in education and research activities. Three types of QCC are suggested: community QCCs (primary care facilities able to provide non-invasive assessment and optimal therapy); specialized QCCs (district hospitals with intensive care units, able to provide cardiac catheterization and device implantation services), and advanced QCCs (national reference centres able to deliver advanced and innovative HF care and research). QCC accreditation will require compliance with general and specific HFA/ESC accreditation standards. General requirements include confirmation of the centre's existence, commitment to QCC implementation, and collaboration with other QCCs. Specific requirements include validation of the centre's level of care, service portfolio, facilities and equipment, management, human resources, process measures, quality indicators and outcome measures. Audit and recertification at 4-6-year intervals are also required. The implementation of QCCs will evolve gradually, following a pilot phase in selected countries. The present document summarizes the definition, major goals, development, classification and crucial aspects of the accreditation process of the HFA/ESC QCC Programme.
AB - Heart failure (HF) is the major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Given its rising prevalence, the costs of HF care can be expected to increase. Multidisciplinary management of HF can improve quality of care and survival. However, specialized HF programmes are not widely available in most European countries. These circumstances underlie the suggestion of the Heart Failure Association (HFA)of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) for the development of quality of care centres (QCCs). These are defined as health care institutions that provide multidisciplinary HF management at all levels of care (primary, secondary and tertiary), are accredited by the HFA/ESC and are implemented into existing health care systems. Their major goals are to unify and improve the quality of HF care, and to promote collaboration in education and research activities. Three types of QCC are suggested: community QCCs (primary care facilities able to provide non-invasive assessment and optimal therapy); specialized QCCs (district hospitals with intensive care units, able to provide cardiac catheterization and device implantation services), and advanced QCCs (national reference centres able to deliver advanced and innovative HF care and research). QCC accreditation will require compliance with general and specific HFA/ESC accreditation standards. General requirements include confirmation of the centre's existence, commitment to QCC implementation, and collaboration with other QCCs. Specific requirements include validation of the centre's level of care, service portfolio, facilities and equipment, management, human resources, process measures, quality indicators and outcome measures. Audit and recertification at 4-6-year intervals are also required. The implementation of QCCs will evolve gradually, following a pilot phase in selected countries. The present document summarizes the definition, major goals, development, classification and crucial aspects of the accreditation process of the HFA/ESC QCC Programme.
KW - Heart failure
KW - Patient
KW - Multidisciplinary care
KW - Disease management
KW - Quality of care
KW - Hospital accreditation
KW - Research
KW - Europe
KW - DISEASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
KW - MULTIDISCIPLINARY
KW - INTERVENTION
KW - ORGANIZATION
KW - ADMISSION
KW - SURVIVAL
KW - CLINICS
U2 - 10.1002/ejhf.1784
DO - 10.1002/ejhf.1784
M3 - Article
C2 - 32187429
SN - 1388-9842
VL - 22
SP - 763
EP - 774
JO - European journal of heart failure
JF - European journal of heart failure
IS - 5
ER -