New Cardiovascular Access Manager to Facilitate Patient Admissions
As BWH’s new cardiovascular access manager, Matthew Quin, BSN, RN, facilitates the admission of cardiovascular patients from other hospitals to BWH, a service crucial to the success of the Cardiovascular Center.
“Cardiovascular physicians appreciate the importance of this role,” R. Morton Bolman, III, MD, chief of Cardiac Surgery, said. “Having someone focus every day on maintaining and growing the volume of cardiovascular patients is critical as we approach the opening of the Shapiro Cardiovascular Center. Matt also will focus on making the inpatient experience as positive as it can be for each individual patient who is in need of our care.”
Quin, who began in this newly-created role in October, works closely with physicians, nurses and Admitting staff to identify a patient’s care needs, facilitate acceptance to the hospital and transfer the patient to the appropriate service line and level of care. Quin has served in many capacities at BWH, including as a staff nurse in the ICU and Intermediate float pools, a research nurse and, most recently, as assistant nurse manager for the Neuroscience ICU and Radiology. In addition, he helped develop and institute the Rapid Response Team and trained nurses and doctors on program applications for eMAR.
“Matt has the authority to utilize all cardiovascular center beds to allow maximum utilization of cardiovascular resources to guarantee a ‘just say yes’ policy to appropriate patients,” said Kenneth Baughman, MD, director of the Advanced Heart Disease Section for BWH. “He also will be our liaison with many providers in the community, particularly those who are not yet familiar with the world class providers of care associated with the Cardiovascular Center.”
James Kirshenbaum, MD, co-director of Clinical Cardiology Services, said, “We are very excited that Matt will ensure ease of access and rapid triage of patients for inpatient cardiac evaluation and treatment.”
Quin is analyzing the referral process to identify areas for improvement. In addition, he will work with the High Performance Medicine Heart Failure Program to help identify inpatients with heart failure and ensure they are connected to outpatient heart failure services before leaving the hospital.