Performance Measures
2018 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures

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ACC/AHA Performance Measures
cardiac rehabilitation
performance measures
quality measures
quality indicators

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Developed in Collaboration With the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Physical Therapy Association, the Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association, the Heart Failure Society of America, the InterAmerican Heart Foundation, the International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association

This document underwent a 14-day peer review between August 7, 2017, and August 21, 2017, and a 30-day public comment period between August 7, 2017, and September 6, 2017.

This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Clinical Policy Approval Committee on December 11, 2017; by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee on December 11, 2017, and the American Heart Association Executive Committee on January 23, 2018; and by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation on January 15, 2018.

The American College of Cardiology requests that this document be cited as follows: Thomas RJ, Balady G, Banka G, Beckie TM, Chiu J, Gokak S, Ho PM, Keteyian SJ, King M, Lui K, Pack Q, Sanderson BK, Wang TY. 2018 ACC/AHA clinical performance and quality measures for cardiac rehabilitation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. J Am Coll Cardiol 2018;71:1814–37.

This article has been copublished in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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