Docs aim to standardise cardiac care
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), as a part of its international programme to standardise cardiac care universally, has tied up with four city hospitals.
City’s leading cardiologists agreed that so far, cardiac care has been based on anecdotal experience and there is no evidence-based research as to why a certain line of treatment is used for a certain ailment. Under this programme, data of the patients examined on an OPD basis will be collated over a period of time, whi-ch will enable the adoption of standardised treatment. Hospitals in Pune and Gujarat have also collaborated with the ACC.
The four city hospitals are Asian Heart Institute, Bombay Hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospit-al, and Hiranandani Hosp-ital. All these hospitals will have a data registry, which will create a database of cardiac patients.
Brendan Mullen, senior director, Pinnacle India Quality Improvement Programme (PIQIP) of the ACC in India, said, “We have been interacting with numerous cardiologists from India and we work with many in the USA and it was their passion and insight which has brought us here. Under this programme, we will collate data that will eventually help physicians give the right care and help patients get standardised cardiac care.”
Dr Prafulla Kerkar, professor, and head of department of cardiology at KEM Hospital said, “There are very few India-specific studies available with us. This initiative will enable us to build data, based on which we can develop standardised guidelines for cardiac care.”
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