The Maryland Health Care Commission established the Advisory Committee on Outcome Assessment in Cardiovascular Care in 2002 to study and develop recommendations to the Commission on establishing an ongoing, statewide quality improvement program in cardiovascular care. The goals of this effort were to identify baseline indicators to measure current performance, design an approach for continuous quality improvement, and evaluate options for funding a statewide quality improvement effort. In addition, the Commission sought to better understand how the organization of cardiac services impacts quality of care and access to services. The following links provide access to the reports of the Committee and its subcommitees.
Report
of the Interventional Cardiology Subcommittee (June 2003) 
Advisory
Committee on Outcome Assessment in Cardiovascular Care: Interim Report
(October 2002)
