ACC webinar to explore data’s role in healthcare reform

The American College of Cardiology’s NCDR® ICD Registry™ and the Heart Rhythm Society will host a webinar on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. ET on how to leverage the ICD Registry to measure and improve quality of care while simultaneously addressing physician needs for ABIM's Part IV Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program.

The presentation will provide an overview of strategies for using NCDR data to navigate the coming era of health reform including, an overview of the NCDR, insights from the ICD Registry, and evolving applications of ICD Registry data for performance measurement, quality improvement, public reporting, pay-for-performance and MOC.

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