Interview with Mark Baker, Cath Lab Director at Platte Valley Medical Center

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Platte Valley Medical Center is hosting three days of ACVP educational events in Brighton, Colorado, including an exciting two-day Cardio Conference February 12-13, and a CCI Exam Review session February 14.

We sat down with PVMC Cath Lab Director Mark Baker, RCIS, MICP, RCSA, CTAE to talk about what's in store.

What motivated you to host?

There's not a lot of education of this type out here in Colorado. They don't have a lot of education that's geared towards Allied Health. In the northeast region in Colorado,  there are not a lot of large hospitals, so getting education in difficult. If there is anything, it's usually in Denver.

What about the upcoming meeting are you most excited about?

I invited physicians that I know from Alaska. Some of the methodologies for care [there] are a little bit different. Having our staff see these different points of view, that's what I'm most excited about. I think it's going to stir up a lot of conversation about how we're doing things now and how we should do them in the future.

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New Remote Rehab System for Heart Pathologies

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IN THE NEWS

Spanish researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València, the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Medtronic, an ACVP partner, developed a new, remote heart rehabilitation program based on physical exercise routines.

The program employs a mobile application and t-shirts with sensors to remotely collect exercise data for healthcare providers, connect providers and patients, and keep patients interested in their own rehabilitation progress. The program's success is intrinsically tied to its demonstrated ability to improve compliance with rehabilitation.

WHY IT MATTERS NOW 

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News Roundup Friday January 16

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—University of Virginia Health System and Bon Secours announced expanded joint clinical programs this week, including new patient care partnerships in cardiovascular services. Their partnership has in the past led to the "introduction of transcatheter mitral valve repair to Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond." The agreement will expand this relationship by developing a shared population health framework.

Takeaways: Healthcare trends are in the news early in 2015 as population health is becoming an all-important buzzword, and the march towards mergers or partnerships, like this one, continues. Stay tuned, we will delve deeper into healthcare trends for 2015 in a blog next week.

The Cardio-Health Diet?

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Weigh In: Can the Non-Profit Hospital Model Survive?

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Earlier this week, Healthcare DIVE presented some food for thought about the general trend towards non-profit hospitals closing, being bought out by for-profit organizations, or simply converting to for-profit models.

Also in the news are new IRS rules for non-profit hospitals that crack down on how non-profit hospitals can collect payments and how they can manage patient debt.

The current debt and regulatory climate could be a perfect storm for the non-profit hospital model.

We wanted to ask you, our members, what do you think? Can the non-profit model survive? Is the trend towards for-profit hospitals a positive or a negative? Continue reading to find the survey below.

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