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The CARE Registry^® is an outcomes-based, national quality improvement program that helps participating facilities measure and improve care for patients receiving carotid artery stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA) procedures, including 30-day neurologic follow-up. It is one of a growing suite of cardiovascular data registries under the auspices of NCDR^®, the largest, most comprehensive cardiovascular patient data repository in the U.S.

By participating in the CARE Registry, enrolled hospitals can measure their performance in diagnosing and treating their CAS/CEA patients against national benchmarks. The CARE Registry collects a comprehensive set of data elements that provides health care professionals and their facilities with the information they need to monitor and improve adherence to the most current, science-based standards of practice. Participation greatly facilitates quality improvement efforts, optimizes clinical care, and improves outcomes for your carotid patients.

Participation in the CARE Registry provides:

Quarterly benchmark reports that compare your institution’s performance with that of volume-based peer groups and the national experience

Standardized, evidence-based data elements and definitions

A complimentary online data collection tool with a convenient extract feature that provides easy access to data elements needed to meet CMS criteria for CAS data collection; or a variety of certified third-party vendor software options

Complimentary access to Cardiosource^®, the most authoritative and comprehensive online resource in cardiovascular medicine

Plus, ABIM Diplomates can meet MOC recertification requirements by using CARE Registry data to earn up to 80 points toward evaluation of practice performance through the self-directed PIM*

*Physicians certified by medical specialty boards other than ABIM, such as vascular surgeons, radiologists, neurologists, or neurosurgeons who have their patient records submitted to the CARE Registry, should consult their individual boards to see how their facility’s CARE Registry data can be used to meet MOC Part IV requirements.

The CARE Registry measures:

Patient demographics, provider and facility characteristics

The use of balloons, stents, and embolic protection devices

Medications and neurological status

Adverse event rates, and more

Visit How To Join to request an information packet or to download enrollment materials

Call 800-257-4737 to speak to a CARE Registry Support Specialist

Send an email to ncdr@acc.org (To help us respond as quickly as possible, please include your full name along with your facility name, address, and phone number in the body of your message. If your facility is an NCDR registry participant, also include your Participant ID number.)