This policy statement outlines the critical organizational elements required for pediatric cardiovascular centers to deliver high-quality care.
Requires immediate adoption of integrated multidisciplinary models in pediatric cardiac centers; extends evidence-based standards for congenital heart disease outcomes.
Pediatric cardiovascular centers should aim to provide high-quality therapeutic outcomes for infants and children with congenital and acquired heart diseases. This policy statement describes critical elements and organizational features of centers in which high-quality outcomes have the greatest likelihood of occurring. Center elements include noninvasive diagnostic modalities, cardiac catheterization, cardiovascular surgery, and cardiovascular intensive care. These elements should be organizationally united in centers in which pediatric cardiac physician specialists and specialized pediatric staff work together to achieve and surpass existing quality-of-care benchmarks.
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A 2002 study conducted a review in Congenital and acquired heart diseases. Pediatric cardiovascular centers was evaluated. Pediatric cardiovascular centers should integrate diagnostics, catheterization, surgery, and intensive care with specialized staff to achieve high-quality outcomes for pediatric heart diseases.
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