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Medtronic, at ACC, introduced Every Patient First, in partnership with healthcare providers, professional societies and patient advocacy groups, aims to reduce disparities in access to US healthcare.

“Medtronic ’s vision is to improve overall access to life-saving therapies for everyone, regardless of age, gender, race, or ethnicity,” said H. James Dallas, senior vice president of Quality and Operations at Medtronic. “Every Patient First is more than an awareness program; our goal with this initiative is to provide health care professionals with targeted, actionable strategies and partnership programs to help them overcome barriers to getting patients treatment for their cardiovascular disease.”

To address some disparities and as part of Every Patient First, Medtronic is launching the following two collaborations, which offer physicians and providers process improvement tools and educational programs aimed at driving equity in care:

• ACC’s Coalition to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities in CV Outcomes (CREDO), which aims to measurably reduce disparities in the management of cardiovascular disease. Medtronic is a founding CREDO sponsor.
•  Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) Every Patient First Challenge, a pilot quality improvement program where participating cardiology practices will measure and implement quality protocol and pathway programs to improve adherence to guidelines. 

“This strong collaboration of industry and associations will lead the way to providing physicians and practices with real solutions for delivering quality care to all Americans,” said Hector Ventura, M.D., co-chair of CREDO and section head, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation, Ochsner Health Systems in New Orleans. “While CREDO will continue with the registry on health disparities in cardiovascular care, Medtronic 's Every Patient First initiative will provide tools for physicians and practices to drive change at the point of care.”

Source : Medtronic

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