Amanda Hoerst1, Adnan Bakar2, Steven C. Cassidy3, Martha Clabby4, Erica Del Grippo5, Margaret Graupe1, Ashraf S. Harahsheh6, Anthony M. Hlavacek7, Stephen A. Hart3, Alaina K. Kipps8, Nicolas L. Madsen1, Dora D. O’Neil9, Sonali S. Patel10, Courtney M. Strohacker11, Ronn E. Tanel12
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 419-426, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12739
Abstract Background: The Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative (PAC3) was estab‐
lished in 2014 to improve the quality, value, and experience of hospital‐based cardiac
acute care outside of the intensive care unit. An initial PAC3 project was a compre‐
hensive survey to understand unit structure, practices, and resource utilization
across the collaborative. This report aims to describe the previously unknown degree
of practice variation across member institutions.
Methods: A 126‐stem question survey was developed with a total of 412 possible
response fields across nine domains including demographics, staffing, available re‐
sources and therapies, and standard care practices. Five supplemental questions ad‐… More >
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