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Become a member and have access to over 50 on-line policies and procedures posted to the Member's Only Section! MOKSACVPR Policies, Procedures, & Forms
For your review, best practice policies, procedures, and forms are available at the following link for MOKSACVPR members only. Please access these to use as templates while preparing for program certification. Pursuing and achieving AACVPR Program Certification should be a goal for all Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs. Certification sends a powerful message to patients, physicians, third party payers, and the community that you are providing a quality service consistent with scientifically-based and nationally established standards of care.
MOKSACVPR is committed to promoting and providing resources to programs that endeavor to achieve this goal.
2009 AACVPR Program Certification Applications Are Out!
The 2009 AACVPR program
certification applications
were released September 1
and are now available at
www.aacvpr.org/certification.
It is very important that
you review the entire
application carefully and
are familiar with what they
are asking for. The major
changes for 2009 include:
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Tab 1: Staff Competency Skills Review: The table
format for each
competency assesses must
reflect each person on
your program’s signature
page
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Tab 7: Exercise
Prescription: Narrative
must be more specific in
that the exercise
prescription process
must include description
of how you develop the
exercise prescription
from entrance to the
program to conclusion of
program, who develops
exercise prescription,
who implements the
prescription and how
physician approval of
the prescription is
received and documented.
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Tab 11: Untoward Events: There is a required table
format to document
untoward events
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Tab 12: Outcomes Assessment/Program Evaluation:
Narrative that indicates
domain, tool used,
conclusions drawn, and
improvements/changes
made based on results
must be in required
format. Also please
note the additional
instructions that
clarifies definition for
each domain and
suggestions on which
outcomes to measure
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Tabs 14, 15, and 16, the Psychosocial, Nutritional,
and Education Assessment
tabs from the 2008
application, have been
eliminated and are not
required for the 2009
certification
application packet
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Tab 14: Individualized Care Plan: be sure to
CLEARLY label the
assessment,
intervention,
evaluation, and
follow-up for each of
the required domains
(Psychosocial,
educational,
nutritional, and
exercise). Be sure to
include completed copies
of each assessment.
Documentation that is
not clearly labeled is
not acceptable
In addition to the above
application content changes,
the State Certification
Committee will not be
reviewing each program
application as we have in
years past. All of the
review will be completed by
the National Certification
Committee, but the process
will remain the same. Each
program may receive feedback
requesting additional
information or clarification
from the National
Committee. Information
should be forwarded to the
National Office instead of
the State contact person.
Should you have any problems
or questions that may arise
with your certification
process or application,
please contact David
Solovitz via email at
david.solovitz@samcstl.org
Power Point Presentation on Certification
This presentation was presented by Cristy Baldwin, BSN, RN, Chairman of the MOKSACVPR Program Certification committee, at the three mini-conferences during 2006.
Download PowerPoint Presentation
MOKSACVPR Outcomes Page (available for MOKSACVPR members only)
Gerilynn L. Connors, BS, RRT, FAACVPR
Old habits die hard! It a new year, and what better time to review your Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Program? Make sure it meets the National Standards as detailed in the AACVPR Guidelines for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs 3rd Edition of assessment, education, exercise, psychosocial intervention, and long-term adherence.
If you have a copy of those guidelines on your shelf for reference, pull it out! Make sure your program is following those guidelines. Remember, PR is NOT just an exercise program. Unless you give education treatment on respiratory issues specific to your pulmonary patient, your program is not comprehensive. Educational treatment is not an option -- it's necessary to treat the complex pulmonary patients referred to PR.
In a 2006 Time to Live Survey conducted in five European countries of primary care physicians, two-thirds of the family doctors believe COPD will be the leading cause of death in 2020. This was reported even though almost 98% of the physicians in the survey felt there were effective treatments for COPD. Not a comforting thought for the FUTURE patients we will serve! The World Health Organization (WHO) also believes that, by 2020, COPD will become the third-most common cause of death. In this survey, the key elements to address this frightening mortality increase were a reduction in COPD hospitalizations and the prevention of exacerbations. Comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation can address these key elements if the PR program is not just an exercise program but incorporates education treatment specific to the individual patient's needs. We can teach our patients to prevent and manage their COPD - to be collaborative in their self-management. So for 2007, make sure your PR program is "comprehensive!"
Additional information is available through the following AACVPR links:
AACVPR and AHCPR Guideline
Outcomes Resource Guide: (available for AACVPR members only)
Search for AACVPR certified programs by type of program or state:
https://www.aacvpr.org/certification/program_cert_search.cfm
MOKSACVPR Program Certification Chairman
David Solovitz, EP
St Anthony's Medical Center
10012 Kennerly Road
St.
Louis, MO 63128
Phone: (314) 525-4091
Fax: (314) 525-4103
E-mail:
david.solovitz@samcstl.org
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