title: A Summary of the American Society of Echocardiography Foundation Value-Based Healthcare: Summit 2014: The Role of Cardiovascular Ultrasound in the New Paradigm.
abstract: Value-Based Healthcare: Summit 2014 clearly achieved the three goals set forth at the beginning of this document. First, the live event informed and educated attendees through a discussion of the evolving value-based healthcare environment, including a collaborative effort to define the important role of cardiovascular ultrasound in that environment. Second, publication of these Summit proceedings in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography will inform a wider audience of the important insights gathered. Third, moving forward, the ASE will continue to build a ‘‘living resource’’ on its website, http://www.asecho.org, for clinicians, researchers, and administrators to use in advocating for the value of cardiovascular ultrasound in the new value-based healthcare environment. The ASE looks forward to incorporating many of the Summit recommendations as it works with its members, legislators, payers, hospital administrators, and researchers to demonstrate and increase the value of cardiovascular ultrasound. All Summit attendees shared in the infectious enthusiasm generated by this proactive approach to ensuring cardiovascular ultrasound’s place as ‘‘The Value Choice’’ in cardiac imaging.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Benjamin F
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authors.lastname: Byrd
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
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authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: Denis B
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authors.affiliation: Tandigm Health, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
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authors.lastname: Coletta
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, Nashville, Tennessee.
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authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Pamela S
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authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.affiliation: Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey.
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authors.affiliation: Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania.
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authors.affiliation: Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah.
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authors.lastname: Horton
authors.affiliation: The Lexis Group, LLC, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania.
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authors.lastname: Isenberg
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Allan L
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authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.
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authors.affiliation: Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.
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authors.affiliation: MPA Healthcare Solutions, Inc, Chicago, Illinois.
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authors.lastname: Nedza
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania and Navigant Consulting, Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Patricia A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Pellikka
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Michael H
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authors.lastname: Picard
authors.affiliation: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: John C
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authors.lastname: Pilotte
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University Heart Center, Columbus, Ohio.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Jack
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authors.lastname: Rychik
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Partho P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: American Board of Internal Medicine and the ABIM Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Leslie
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authors.lastname: Tucker
authors.affiliation: US Ignite, Washington, District of Columbia.
authors.forename: William
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authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.affiliation: University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: R Parker
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: MedStar Health Research Institute, Washington, District of Columbia.
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Wiener
authors.affiliation: Adult Congenital Heart Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
keywords: Cardiac imaging; Cardiology; Cardiovascular; Echocardiography; Outcomes; Research; Ultrasound; Value