N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-7.27

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 8:43G-7.27 - Pilot catheterization program quality improvement

(a) The pilot catheterization program shall include at least the following quality improvement indicators:

1. Low-risk patient mortality and morbidity rate;

2. Physician-specific and overall pilot laboratory percentage of normal studies (not to exceed 25 percent of total annual cases);

3. Increase in the number of normal studies during any reporting period (not to exceed 50 percent, with a plan for corrective action to be submitted to the Department within 60 days should the increase reach 50 percent or more);

4. Percentage of all patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization in the pilot program who subsequently undergo a therapeutic interventional cardiac procedure as a direct result of the findings of the initial diagnostic procedure; and

5. Clinical appropriateness of the performance of catheterization procedures other than left-heart procedures (that is, right-heart procedures).

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43G-7.27

New Rule, R.1999 d.436, effective 12/20/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 367(a), 31 New Jersey Register 614(a), 31 New Jersey Register 4293(c).
Former N.J.A.C. 8:43G-7.27, EPS staff time and availability, recodified to N.J.A.C. 8:43G-7.33.