Advances in Quality & Outcomes:
A Data Managers Meeting

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Section I: Participant Information

Credit Type Requested
Section II: Sessions Attended
Intermacs-Pedimacs
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
8:05 AM - 8:30 AM
Intermacs-Pedimacs High-Level Overview
Francis Pagani, MD, PhD
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Temporary Mechanical Support for the Treatment of Right Heart Failure
Aniket Rali, MD, FCCP, FACC
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM
Right Heart Failure Dysfunction - Case Scenarios
Sylvia Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Major Infections - Case Scenarios
Sheena Lamon, BSN, RN
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Neurological Dysfunction - Case Scenarios
Patricia Potter, BSN, RN
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Patient Journey
Rebecca Harap, BSN, RN-BC
Sylvia Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ
Mel Runyan, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN
1:05 PM - 1:35 PM
Risk Model Overview
James Kirklin, MD
1:35 PM - 2:00 PM
Risk Model Variable Deep Dive
Brandon Singletary, PhD, MPH
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Risk Model - Case Scenarios
Nancy Honeycutt, BSN RN
Patricia Potter, BSN, RN
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Dashboard and Kaplan-Meier Tool
Brandon Singletary, PhD, MPH
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Live Data Download - Tips and Tricks
Devin Koehl, MSDS
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Abstraction Strategies
Rebecca Harap, BSN, RN-BC
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Quality Improvement and How to Use Your Data
Marie Wilson, MSHQS, MSN, RN
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Pedimacs
Kerry Schindler, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNE
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM
Data Quality Report Verification Process
Sheila Bailey, BSN, RN
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Querying Your Data for QA Initiatives
John Pennington, MSHI
6:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Death, Explant and Transfers
Sylvia Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ
General Thoracic Surgery Database
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
8:10 AM - 8:50 AM
How to Interpret Your Harvest Report, Analysis Overview, and Star Ratings
Mary Hollenbeck, BSN
8:50 AM - 9:20 AM
Lung Cancer
Justin Blasberg, MD
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Lung Cancer - Case Scenarios
Katie Lothrop
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
GTSD Revised Risk Models and Short and Long-Term Risk Calculators
Christopher Seder, MD
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Division of Responsibility - Data Manager vs. Surgeon Leader
Erin McCabe, RN, BSN
Christopher Seder, MD
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Core Group - Behind the Scenes with Tough Cases
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel
1:30 PM - 11:00 AM
Neoadjuvant Therapy Module
Stephen Broderick, MD, MPHS
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM
Esophageal Cancer
Matthew Inra, MD
1:55 PM - 2:20 PM
Esophageal Cancer - Case Scenarios
Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM
Post-Operative Events
David Shersher, MD, FACS
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Post-Operative Events - Case Scenarios
Kellie Knabe, MSN, RN, CCRN
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
GTSD Audit
William Burfeind, MD
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Pulmonary Function Tests
Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
How to Use My Data for Quality Improvement
Mary Hollenbeck, BSN
Kiran Lagisetty, MD
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Hiatal Hernia
Elliot Servais, MD
5:20 PM - 5:40 PM
Tracheal Resection
Gillian Alex, MD
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
Mediastinal Mass
Jeffrey Velotta, MD FACS
6:00 PM - 6:20 PM
Achieving Commission on Cancer Operative Standard 5.8 for Primary Lung Cancer Resections
Brian Green, BSN, RN
Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
Thursday, September 12, 2024
8:05 AM - 8:40 AM
Adult Cardiac High-Level Overview
Michael Bowdish, MD, MS
8:40 AM - 9:10 AM
Beta Blocker Project
Miklos Kertai, MD, MMHC, PhD
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM
Anonymous Anomalous
Glenn Whitman, MD
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM
Anonymous Anomalous - Case Scenarios
Melinda Offer, MSN, RN
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Get to the Root - Anatomy of Root Operations
Karen Kim, MD, MS
11:10 AM - 11:45 AM
Abstract Presentations Part I
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Abstract Presentations Part II
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Anatomy and Dissection of the Op Note
Kali Carroll, RN
Dawn Hui, MD
2:20 PM - 3:20 PM
JAM with Post-Operative Events
Amy Lantzy, MS, RN
Meetali Mahendrakar, MBBS, MS
Judy Smith, RN, BSN
3:55 PM - 4:55 PM
Get to the Root - Root Case Scenarios
Kali Carroll, RN
Nancy Honeycutt, BSN RN
4:55 PM - 5:35 PM
Dont Let Your Follow-Up Fall Off the Tracks
Nancy Honeycutt, BSN RN
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSGB
Melinda Offer, MSN, RN
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
CMS Reimbursement Update
Keith Horvath, MD
6:20 PM - 6:40 PM
Cardiac-ERAS
Kevin Lobdell, MD
6:40 PM - 7:00 PM
Annual Enlargement
Amy Geltz, MS, RN
7:00 PM - 7:20 PM
OE Ratios
Judy Smith, RN, BSN
7:20 PM - 7:40 PM
IQVIA Reports of All Sorts
Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSGB
7:40 PM - 8:00 PM
Aorta - Anatomy and Physiology
Karen Kim, MD, MS
8:00 PM - 8:20 PM
Honing in on Hemodynamic Measurements
Melinda Offer, MSN, RN
8:20 PM - 8:40 PM
Gridding the Graft Grid
Gaetano Paone, MD
Patty Theurer, MSN
Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Friday, September 13, 2024
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Welcome and CHSD High-Level Overview
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD
8:25 AM - 9:05 AM
Education Corner
Leslie Wacker, BS
9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
Single Ventricle Hybrid Repair
John Mayer, MD
9:35 AM - 10:00 AM
Single Ventricle Hybrid Repair - Case Scenarios
Megan Srokose, BSN, RN
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Post-Operative Events - You Got This
Cassandra Davidson, MHA, BSN, RN
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Impact of Case Mix and Risk Model in CHSD
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Operation Type
Angela Ebel, RN, MSN
Diane Hersey, BSN
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Coding Fields Specific to Adults Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Jennifer Nelson, MD, MS
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Data Manager Strategies - What I Wish I Knew Before my First Harvest
Ashley Dunser, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Coding a Complex Congenital Case
Leslie Wacker, BS
Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN
3:30 PM - 3:55 PM
AV Canal - Coding of All Valves
Subhadra Shashidharan, MBBS
3:55 PM - 4:20 PM
AV Canal - Case Scenarios
Ruth Lemus, BSN, RN, CCRP
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM
Driving Patient Outcomes Using Real-Time STS Data
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Core Group Panel Discussion
Surgeon and Data Manager Panel
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM
CHSD Anesthesia
Morgan Brown, MD PhD
6:00 PM - 6:20 PM
CHSD Audit
James Obrien
6:20 PM - 6:40 PM
CHSD Research
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
6:40 PM - 7:00 PM
Back to Basics
Leslie Wacker, BS
Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN
7:00 PM - 7:20 PM
Adult Congenital - Case Scenarios
Jody Holmen, RN, MBA
7:20 PM - 7:40 PM
Coding of All Valves
Rebecca Sam, MSN,RN, CPN, CCRN
General Session
Friday, September 13, 2024
7:40 PM - 8:00 PM
Workforce on National Databases - High-Level Overview
Lisa Brown, MD, MAS
Jeffrey Jacobs, MD
8:00 PM - 8:20 PM
Patient Reported Outcomes
Lisa Brown, MD, MAS
8:20 PM - 8:40 PM
Framework for Quality Improvement Processes Focused on Patient Safety
Madonna Lee, MD
Monisha Sudarshan, MD MPH