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Development of paediatric electrophysiology standards for Florida Children's Medical Services

Jorge McCormack1, Stephen Seslar2, Grace Wolff3

  • 11All Children's Hospital,St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa,Pediatrix Medical Group,United States of America.

Cardiology in the Young
|February 4, 2015
PubMed

Insights

Florida Children's Medical Services developed quality standards for pediatric electrophysiology programs. Data collection via the MAP-IT™ Initiative will establish procedural benchmarks for practitioners and facilities.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Healthcare Quality Improvement
  • Clinical Electrophysiology

Background:

  • Florida Children's Medical Services (CMS) has a history of setting high standards for pediatric subspecialty providers.
  • Existing cardiac sub-committee standards cover pediatric cardiology services, including surgery, catheterizations, and outpatient care.
  • A need was identified to establish similar quality standards for pediatric electrophysiology services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop quality standards for pediatric electrophysiology programs.
  • To define requirements for equipment, staff, and physician credentials.
  • To establish benchmarks for procedural volume by practitioner and facility.

Main Methods:

  • A task force was created to develop pediatric electrophysiology standards.
  • A survey was conducted among members of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society.
  • The Multicenter Pediatric and Adult Congenital EP Quality (MAP-IT™) Initiative was established for data collection.

Main Results:

  • No consensus was reached through the initial survey of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society.
  • The task force will generate data by requiring CMS participating programs to enroll in and submit data to MAP-IT™.
  • The manuscript details the work undertaken by the Florida CMS Pediatric Electrophysiology Task Force.

Conclusions:

  • Formal quality standards are necessary for pediatric electrophysiology services.
  • The MAP-IT™ Initiative is crucial for generating data to inform these standards.
  • This work represents a significant step in standardizing pediatric electrophysiology care in Florida.

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