Medical Director Supervision
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs that have a physician medical director providing program oversight.
Numerator
The total number of CR programs with a physician Medical Director who is responsible for the oversight of the CR program.
Denominator
The total number of CR programs within Canada/province/regional health care authority.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Audit of written program policies, review of program structure and delivery through interviews with medical director, clinical director, manager and / or clinical 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
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
Original references: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X14002335?via%3Dihub#appsec3
Extracted data from supplementary material: 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)