President's Page: ACC Strategic Planning to Improve Value for Patients and Members

Themes articulated by Michael Wolk, MD, MACC, in a 2004 President's Page (3), seem eerily familiar: information overload, practical use of guidelines at the point of care, global cardiovascular health and ACC international outreach, liability concerns, practice reforms, and workforce shortages. [...]the exponential growth of registry data through the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) is not only providing physicians and care team members with crucial information, but is also evolving as a rich source of clinical data for research, post-marketing surveillance and quality improvement.