Accountable Leadership Collaborative

The Accountable Leadership Collaborative consists of facilities that have been indentified to participate in a focused quality improvement project.  This project will help facilities focus on increasing their AVF rates and decreasing their CVC rates.  Two groups were selected:

Facilities identified to participate in the focused quality improvement initiative to decrease the rate of catheters ≥ 90 days were selected based on the following criteria:

• March 2011’s census of 30 or more; and, 

• March 2011’s CVC ≥ 90 days rate of 15% or more

Facilities identified to participate in the focused quality improvement initiative to increase the rate of AV Fistula (AVF) use were selected based on t he following criteria:

• March 2011’s census of 30 or more; and,

• March 2011’s AVF rate below 55%; and,

• Failure to increase AVF rates by the Network’s improvement rate of 2.8% or more; or,

• March 2011’s AVF rate is below March 2010’s AVF rate

Tools & Resources

Vascular Access Scenario Worksheet

Vascular Access Journal Example
Vascular Access Journal

Project Calendar - DaVita
Project Calendar - Fresenius (FMC)
Project Calendar - Independent

Dr. Latos' Sample Letter
 

Conference Call Evaluations

Webinar Training

MARC has a number of relatative presentations for facility-based education on our Fistula First Webinar Training webpage.  These presentations include the October 2011 Accountable Leadership: Medical Directors Lead the Way* and the December 2011 Summary of the ESRD Final Rule for the Quality Incentive Program (QIP) PY 2013 and PY 2014 sessions. 

*This FREE presentation requires registration; by clicking on the session title you will be automatically routed to the registration page followed by the presentation.