What is the purpose of the Annual Operator and Hospital PCI Volume measure?
The Annual Operator and Hospital PCI Volume measure is designed to encourage more cardiac catheterization laboratories to participate in large multicenter databases and collaboratives to improve the evidence base to support quality efforts in PCI. The writing committee designated the operator procedure volume as appropriate for internal quality improvement only, as indicated in Appendix C. It is well recognized that operator volume, though useful, is a limited surrogate for quality. This is due partly to the difficulty of collecting volume data for individual operators, who can practice across numerous facilities and even states.