Abstract
Value-Based Healthcare: Summit 2014 clearly achieved the three goals set forth at the beginning of this document. First, the live event informed and educated attendees through a discussion of the evolving value-based healthcare environment, including a collaborative effort to define the important role of cardiovascular ultrasound in that environment. Second, publication of these Summit proceedings in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography will inform a wider audience of the important insights gathered. Third, moving forward, the ASE will continue to build a "living resource" on its website, http://www.asecho.org, for clinicians, researchers, and administrators to use in advocating for the value of cardiovascular ultrasound in the new value-based healthcare environment. The ASE looks forward to incorporating many of the Summit recommendations as it works with its members, legislators, payers, hospital administrators, and researchers to demonstrate and increase the value of cardiovascular ultrasound. All Summit attendees shared in the infectious enthusiasm generated by this proactive approach to ensuring cardiovascular ultrasound's place as "The Value Choice" in cardiac imaging.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 755-769 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2015 |
Funding
Through a grant from the ABIM Foundation, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the ASE Foundation has developed a mobile application that can be used by physicians for guidance about when echocardiography is appropriate for initial diagnosis and post-treatment monitoring or follow-up of many cardiac disorders. This application is free and available to the public and includes speaking points physicians can use to open a dialogue with their patients about their care. This tool and others like it provide new avenues to increase application of the AUC and help patients and providers make shared decisions.
Keywords
- Cardiac imaging
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular
- Echocardiography
- Outcomes
- Research
- Ultrasound
- Value
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging