WVU Heart and Vascular Institute program will undergo Joint Commission survey July 24-25

The Joint Commission will conduct a survey of the Ventricular Assist Device Certification Program, a component of the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, on July 24-25. The visit was originally scheduled for July 23-24.

Since the service is seeking its initial certification, the Joint Commission reveals the dates of the visit, in contrast to full hospital surveys, which are conducted within a time frame but unannounced, according to Aaron Kocsis RN, regulatory coordinator with the WVU Medicine Center for Quality Outcomes.

One surveyor will be on site for a day and a half. A multidisciplinary team has completed five  successful left ventricular assist device cases since December 2017, and more than 350 nursing and ancillary staff have been trained on this new device, according to HVI officials.

This document has more details about the survey.