California Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Project Name

Promoting Best Practices in Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology through a Quality Improvement Collaborative

Grant Amount

$115,000

Quarter

October through December

Award Date

12/12/2008

Grantee Program Area

Health and Technology (2004-2008)

Region Served

Statewide

City

Orange

State

California

Website

http://www.casts.org/

Grant description: 

To complete implementation of a cardiac surgery collaborative focused on improving clinical data integrity, demonstrating how quality-of-care data and medical evidence can spur adoption of best practices, and broadening communications on appropriate and e