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Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | March 28, 2016
From the March 2016 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
HCB News: What items top the wish list for what members want from the ACC?
KW: Our members are clear that in addition to education, they are looking for best quality practices, and appreciate practical advice and guidelines. They are also interested in how best to integrate physician and non-physician team members. We have a large and growing number of advanced practice professionals and affiliated team members within ACC and we embrace team-based care.
HCB News: Do you anticipate any big changes in the role the ACC plays in coming years?
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KW: We have been working hard in the area of prevention — it is certainly not new, but more research has made this an important emphasis to meet our societal goals. Lifestyle, diet, exercise, early disease detection and medication adherence initiatives will benefit the nation and even the world as we partner with medical societies in a large number of countries, including those that have formed our 36 international chapters.
HCB News: Are there any other developments you’d like to discuss?
KW: It’s probably not widely known much outside of the College membership, staff and leadership circles, but we’ve recently taken a very hard look at governance and how it could be better. We’ve elected to reduce the size of the board to about one-third of its current size. It’s really impressive that these luminaries in cardiology could vote themselves out of office to streamline process and improve the function of the College.
HCB News: Has the ACA impacted your members?
KW: It’s still to be determined — what we’re hoping is that the delivery of care to poor people will grow. Fewer uninsured people helps us all. We’re hoping it fosters real change and tangible prevention initiatives. I want cardiology to be number two — heart disease has been the number one killer of Americans since the Spanish flu ended in 1920. It is now the leading cause of death globally and it’s time we fix that.
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