Current
State of
Interpreting ECGs
The American College of Cardiology
found of physicians
who
self-selected to be tested on reading ECGs,
that
·
70% of ALL non-IM
physicians failed,
·
49% of ALL Internal
Medicine physicians
failed, · 9
% of Cardiologists
failed.
AND
·
30% of all machine
interpretations
failed,
Of all ECG Interpretation
Errors
Up to 11% had
associated
morbidity and
mortality
What does this mean to your
patients?
Or to your institution's
reputation?
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Doctor 2
Doctor's Mission
Doctor 2 Doctor’s
Mission is three-fold. First, to
provide a service that helps our customers exceed
the 2005 Standard of Care for ECG
Interpretation. Second,
to electronically transfer expertise in cardiac diagnostics
to the patient’s local healthcare community, in
order to improve patient care while minimizing costs to the
healthcare system. Third, to
support and strengthen healthcare communities
providing service away from population
centers.
(As an added bonus, we help
“starve” malpractice attorneys while doing all of
this for our customers!)
Avoid the
Avoidable! With Minimum Risk!
On contract signing, Doctor 2
Doctor charges a Start Up Fee (waived for CAH members)
to cover training and server setup costs.
We normally credit the fee back at 50 cents per
ECG interpreted. During the first 30 days, if you
decide our service is not what you need, you
simply send us a written explanation of why you
have decided to stop, and we will credit up to
half of your Start Up Fee against the ECGs
you submitted during that time. Your only
obligation will be to pay the difference or accept
the refund. In fact, if you sign a contract before
1 January 2010, we will refund up to half of
your Start Up fee against your first months
ECGs when you decide to continue!
Improving patient
care doesn't get any safer or simpler than
this.
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The 2005 AHA/ACC Standard of
Care for ECG Interpretation
asserts
All ECGs must be
read by Qualified ECG
Readers.
Qualified ECG
Readers are Cardiologists or Tested
Physicians.
Best Practice
stipulates
ALL ECGs are read
by Qualified ECG Readers within 24
hours.
The D2D Expert ECG
Interpretation Service provided by our pool of
electrocardiologists
EXCEEDS
the standard and
best
practice.
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