Elevating Cardiac Care

The 2019 MBQIP to Outcomes (M2O) project is aligning with the Montana Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Program’s Cardiac Recognition Program offering education and training to help meet the criteria of both programs while streamlining the data collection and reporting requirements for both the Flex Program and MT CVH Program.

• Completion of the M2O program will count as the facility’s Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) quality improvement project as well as helping you meet your PIN Quality Award Criteria!
  • For current participants in the Cardiac Recognition Program– participating in M2O will help facilities meet and maintain cardiac program requirements for the upcoming application in August, 2019.
  • For those who are not currently participating in the program–  M2O will help you prepare for submitting your application in August 2019 and meeting the cardiac recognition award criteria!

Objective:   Improve and expedite the care and safe transfer of Montana’s cardiac patients by assisting facilities in meeting the criterial of the MT CVH Program’s Cardiac Recognition Program which will, in turn, improve MBQIP Outpatient Measure Performance.

Data Collection using one spreadsheet to complete data requirements for both projects.

• Cardiac Data Collection Tool- 2019

Montana Cardiovascular Health Program Information

• Cardiac Recognition Application 2018
• Example of Cardiac Rec Feedback 2017
• STEMI Guideline- Orders
• Non-STEMI Guidelines- Order Set
• Sample Cardiac Standing Orders- Benefis Teton

** Regional Workshops “Elevating Cardiac Care… Across the Continuum”: Four locations across the state with education provided by Barb DeBaun of Cynosure Health.

• Elevating Cardiac Care Presentation
• CDC- Atlas of Heart Disease & Stroke interactive map
• Sunday Shoes Program for Heart Failure
• CMS- Discharge Planning Checklist
• Healthcare Community Partnership Assessment Tool
• Medication Discrepancy Tool
• Visual Tool for Heart Failure Weight Monitoring
• At Home Checklist for Heart Failure
• LACE-index-scoring-tool
• HARMS-8 Assessment
• 8-Ps Risk Assessment
• Aspire Readmission Review Tool
• Be SMART, Leave SMART Discharge

** MHA Health Summit Pre-Session with Simulation in Motion, mobile simulation trucks and coaching by Tawnie Sabin from Abundant Solutions.

• Presentation and Recording
• Tools & Handouts
  • Timeline- M2O
  • Cardiac Standing Orders- Benefis Teton
  • Chest Pain Worksheet-StLuke
  • Issue Prioritization Handout – Full page
  • M2O Participants
  • Medication list tracking
  • Observation Sheet Instructions
  • Observation Sheet
  • Rules of Use Handout
  • STEMI Guideline- Order Set
  • Non-STEMI Guidelines- Order Set

Two Webinars and one-on-one coaching calls to assist in project completion

• Webinar 1:
• Webinar 2:

Mission Lifeline STEMI Conference for education on best practices to implement:  2019 Montana STEMI Conference

** Poster Presentation Session at MHA Annual Convention

Cardiac Recognition Awards at MHA Annual Convention