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Procedures Collected

The VQI collects pre-operative risk factors, intra-procedural variables, post-procedural outcomes, and one year follow-up data for eleven major vascular procedures:

  • Carotid Artery Stent
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
  • Endovascular AAA Repair
  • Open AAA Repair
  • Hemodialysis Access
  • Inferior Vena Cava Filter
  • Infra-Inguinal Bypass
  • Supra-Inguinal Bypass
  • Lower Extremity Amputation
  • Peripheral Vascular Intervention
  • Thoracic and Complex EVAR

Data Elements and Paper-Based Forms

Details on the specific data elements are available upon request. These PDF versions of the forms can be printed to create paper-based forms, which can later be input into the online registry.

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News

VQI Annual Report now available
Posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
M2S and the Vascular Quality Initiative® adds first venous procedure module – Inferior Vena Cava Filter – to its PATHWAYS database
Posted 3 months 3 days ago
M2S and the Vascular Quality Initiative adds Lower Extremity Amputation to its PATHWAYS database
Posted 3 months 2 weeks ago
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Events

Vascular Annual Meeting
Thursday, May 30th, 2013
Greater New York Regional Group Meeting
Monday, June 10th, 2013
Rocky Mountain Vascular Quality Initiative Meeting
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
We can readily look at wound complications and surgical site infection rates. All surgeons are interested in their own performance and comparison to peers which is a strong motivator to improve patient care.
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen
Maine Medical Center
We have established important relationships with other centers in the region through this program, and hope to further build upon our regional quality improvement efforts in the coming years.
Dr. Adam Beck
University of Florida Department of Surgery
The aspect that the quality indicators can be shared in the regional group and then benchmarked allows us to implement best practices at our own institution and region wide.
Dr. Fred Weaver
Keck Hospital of Univ. So. California
In the Carolinas Vascular Regional Quality Group, the VQI has been a wonderful, professional and personal "glue" for our regional quality efforts.
Dr. Jeb Hallett
Roper St. Francis
Maine Medical Center, has been a participant in VSGNE since its inception in 2003. We have found the database to be an important and critical tool for divisional quality assurance. Each vascular surgeon and the division chief receives quarterly outcomes reports on index cases.
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen
Maine Medical Center
The VQI has provided a common purpose toward excellence amongst our surgeons and radiologists who are in different private practices.
Dr. Jeb Hallett
Roper St. Francis
We are excited to be participating in this critically important program, which will define real world outcomes for patients with peripheral vascular disease.
Scott Berman, MD, FACS
Tucson Vascular Specialists
The VQI has allowed us to look at the process of care for the vascular patient in a much more granular way. It is user friendly and captures better than any quality driven database the variables we need to be looking at as vascular surgeons to improve our quality of care.
Dr. Fred Weaver
Keck Hospital of Univ. So. California
If the deparment chair wants to know our postop stroke rate, incidence of cardiac complications or survival after ruptured AAA, these figures are easily and accurately available. The hospital administration appreciates our ability to follow length of stay, charges and resource utilization for any procedure over time.
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen
Maine Medical Center
The University of Florida and Shands Hospital are proud to participate in the VQI. Since beginning participation, the program has elevated our institutional awareness of important quality measures in caring for our vascular patients.
Dr. Adam Beck
University of Florida Department of Surgery
Participation in the VQI is a clear indication to JCAHO, RRC and other regulatory agencies of ongoing quality assurance at our institution. Accurate data collection is the basis for any quality improvement effort.
Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen
Maine Medical Center