Emergency Response Strategy
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The percentage of Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs with a documented emergency response strategy and appropriately-qualified staff.
Numerator
A subset of the denominator representing a number of CR programs that meet both of the following criteria: 1. An emergency response strategy enabling prompt defibrillation is in place to deal with medical emergencies. 2. All clinical staff have current basic life-support (BLS) certification including use of Automated External Defibrillation (AED) devices.
Denominator
The total number of CR programs within Canada/province/regional health care authority in the reference period.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Method of Calculation Numerator / Denominator * 100. Sources of Data Audit of written program policies, interviews with program staff, or provincial/regional/national CR program survey.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Canadian Cardiovascular Society. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators E-Catalogue, Quality Indicators for Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention, A CSS Consensus Document. 2013 Accessed May 2023:[9 p.]. Available from: ccs.ca/app/uploads/2020/12/Indicator_CR.pdf. Grace SL, Poirier P, Norris CM, Oakes GH, Somanader DS, Suskin N. Pan-Canadian development of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention quality indicators. Can J Cardiol. 2014;30(8):945-8.
Technical Specifications
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators E-Catalogue Page 9. ccs.ca/app/uploads/2020/12/Indicator_CR.pdf Modified from. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X14002335?via%3Dihub#sec1 Supplemental Material in the original paper. ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0828282X14002335-mmc1.pdf
Link to Measurement Tools
Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Registry (Cardiologica)