INTRODUCTION

In this interview hosted by David Charash DO,CWS,FACEP,FUHM, Laiq Raja MD, FACC, FSCAI and Lorena C. Henderson, APRN, FNP-C share their experience in developing a limb preservation program that was the second in the United States to be recognized as a "Peripheral Vascular Disease Center of Excellence" by the Joint Commission. 

Target audience:

• Care settings: outpatient care settings, hospital, post acute (long-term care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities and home health)

DEVELOPING A LIMB PRESERVATION PROGRAM: OUR JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE

Sessions in this video:

• 0:00 - Introduction by Dr David Charash
• 00:23 - The journey 
• 05:51 - Interfacing with community providers
• 11:44 - Challenges and wins
• 23:53 - Improving outcomes in the minority populations
• 28:25 - Collecting and analyzing data 
• 31:06 - Patient risk-stratification in limb preservation
• 33:31 - New treatment modalities in limb preservation

RELATED TOPICS

• Building a Limb Preservation Program: Traditional and Nontraditional Models
• Building a Limb Preservation Program: Challenges and Successes