title: Development of paediatric electrophysiology standards for Florida Children's Medical Services.
abstract: The Florida Children's Medical Services (CMS) has a long-standing history of ensuring that providers of multiple paediatric subspecialties abide by the highest standards. The cardiac sub-committee has written quality standard documents that participating programmes must meet or exceed. These standards oversee paediatric cardiology services including surgery, catheterisations, and outpatient services. On April, 2012, the cardiac sub-committee decided to develop similar standards in paediatric electrophysiology. A task force was created and began this process. These standards include a catalogue of required and optional equipment, as well as staff and physician credentials. We sought to establish expectations of procedural numbers by practitioner and facility. The task force surveyed the members of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society. Finding no consensus, the task force is committed to generate the data by requiring that the CMS participating programmes enrol and submit data to the Multicenter Pediatric and Adult Congenital EP Quality (MAP-IT™) Initiative. This manuscript details the work of the Florida CMS Paediatric Electrophysiology Task Force.
authors: 1All Children's Hospital,St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa,Pediatrix Medical Group,United States of America.
authors: Jorge
authors: J
authors: McCormack
authors: 2Division of Pediatric Cardiology,University of Washington,Seattle,Washington,United States of America.
authors: Stephen
authors: S
authors: Seslar
authors: 3Division of Pediatric Cardiology,The University of Miami,Miami,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Grace
authors: G
authors: Wolff
authors: 4Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital,Hollywood,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Young
authors: 5Division of Pediatric Cardiology,The University of Florida,Gainesville and Jacksonville,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Randall
authors: R
authors: Bryant
authors: 6Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital,Orlando,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Rodrigo
authors: R
authors: Neghme
authors: 7Miami Children's Hospital,Miami,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Fishberger
authors: 8All Children's Hospital,Johns Hopkins Medicine,St Petersburg,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Jamie A
authors: JA
authors: Decker
authors: 3Division of Pediatric Cardiology,The University of Miami,Miami,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Sokoloski
authors: 5Division of Pediatric Cardiology,The University of Florida,Gainesville and Jacksonville,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Jason
authors: J
authors: Ho
authors: 1All Children's Hospital,St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa,Pediatrix Medical Group,United States of America.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Lawrence
authors: 9Florida Children's Medical Services,Tallahassee,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Chrishonda
authors: C
authors: Jenkins
authors: 9Florida Children's Medical Services,Tallahassee,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Kelli
authors: K
authors: Stannard
authors: 9Florida Children's Medical Services,Tallahassee,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Gerold L
authors: GL
authors: Schiebler
authors: 10Nemours Children's Cardiac Clinic and Sacred Heart Children's Hospital,Pensacola,Florida,United States of America.
authors: William
authors: W
authors: Blanchard
authors: 8All Children's Hospital,Johns Hopkins Medicine,St Petersburg,Florida,United States of America.
authors: Jeffrey P
authors: JP
authors: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D005431:Florida; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*