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Helpful tips for completing the Application:
Congratulations on your decision to submit an application for accreditation! You
are demonstrating a high commitment to quality patient care.
Before you begin the application process it is helpful to have one designated person responsible to organize and submit the information.
Since this is an on-line process all documents must be in the form of an electronic file; word documents or pdf files are the most common.
Here is a list of the documents you will need to submit with the application:
View the requirements as a PDF
- List of all electrophysiological and implantable defibrillator devices procedures including ,
but not limited to diagnostic and therapeutic performed or excluded in the laboratory
- Documentation of the process to introduce new procedures into the electrophysiology and implantable defibrillator lab
- CV’s for Medical Director and Technical Director
- List of credentialed physicians
- Physician credentialing and re-credentialing criteria
- State requirements for performance and roles of skilled allied health professionals in the laboratory.
- List of annual competencies for staff including seldom used equipment
- Documentation of a quality monitoring program including scheduled meeting times and attendance records,
structural, process, and outcomes indicators.
- Outcome indicators should be a part of the overall QA program
- Documentation record of Oversight and Peer Review Committee meetings
- Most recent report from outcomes data registry (NCDR or other)
- Policy for radiation safety education
- Documentation of procedure report format consistent with HPS for structured reporting, and standardized among operators
- Process for monitoring peri-procedural, in-hospital, and 30 day outcomes
- Copy of consent form
- List of relevant lab values and outside reports prior to procedure
- Written protocols or standardized order sets for procedures performed, access site preparation,
medications, including contrast reaction and anaphylaxis protocols, sedation reversal
- Infection control policy
- Indication for case review policy
Here is a list of this information you will need to provide:
- Annual volumes for last 2 calendar years.
- All laboratory performance metrics.
- Percent of patients receiving high doses of radiation during EP/ICD procedures
View the requirements as a PDF
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