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December 4, 2011
ACCF/AHA Publish 2012 Key Data Elements and Definitions for PVD
December 5, 2011—The American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association (ACCF/AHA) Task Force released its report on clinical data standards for peripheral atherosclerotic vascular disease, which was published online ahead of print in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association and in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
As stated in the document, the specific goals of the ACCF/AHA clinical data standards are:
• To establish a consistent, interoperable, and universal clinical vocabulary as a foundation to both clinical care and clinical research
• To promote the ubiquitous use of electronic health records and facilitate the exchange of data across systems through harmonized, standardized definitions of key data elements
• To facilitate the further development of clinical registries, quality and performance improvement programs, outcomes evaluations, and clinical research, including the comparison of results within and across these initiatives
The document was drafted by Mark A. Creager, MD, et al of the ACCF/AHA writing committee in partnership with the numerous societies related to the diagnosis, treatment, and research of vascular disease.
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