| Introduction to PAMEAS |
| The mission of the Patient Medical Association (PAMEAS) is to improve clinical outcomes and reduce costs by making healthcare delivery more patient-centric, innovative, and informative through professional healthcare education and training. PAMEAS is uniquely positioned as a patient-advocacy change agent that develops holistic solutions with providers, industry, institutions, policy makers, payers, associations, and patients.
A demonstration of this mission is the PAMEAS Transradial Program. For interventional cardiovascular procedures, inserting a catheter through the radial artery in the arm appears to be linked to a lower rate of bleeding complications, lower costs, and increased patient satisfaction than the standard route through the femoral artery in the groin. Currently for all catheter procedures in the United States, the radial artery is used for access only 3-5% of the time. PAMEAS has a stated goal of increasing this to 50% by 2020 through its transradial education and training programs for physicians, nurses, technicians, hospital administrators, members of industry, and health policy legislators and implementers (e.g., CMS, FDA, NIH, and members of Congress).
Healthcare trends that are foundational to PAMEAS programs include:
- Cost-cutting measures in healthcare delivery
- Increased patient empowerment
- Federal and state guidelines that are changing healthcare delivery
- Doctor shortages and the expanded role of nursing and other physician extenders
- New medical technology that improves patient care
- Increasing “Patient-Focused” healthcare:
- Increased use of the Internet by patients as an important source of healthcare information
- Increased use of decentralized medicine through mobile monitoring and telemedicine systems
- Growth of “personalized medicine” to customize patient diagnosis and treatment
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| The PAMEAS Approach |
A complete PAMEAS Educational
Solution addresses all key stakeholders that contribute to better patient care |
Other current PAMEAS cardiovascular clinical areas of focus include the management of complex coronary lesions, critical limb ischemia, transcatheter Aortic valve implantation, peripheral vascular disease, the reduction of hospital acquired conditions, and the interventional management of stroke. Additionally, PAMEAS has ongoing programs in orthopedics, dermatology, dentistry, mental health, and obstetrics/gynecology.
PAMEAS Virtual Preceptorship® Model
Professional medical education programs designed to offer the most cost-efficient methods for providing training for physicians, nurses, techs, and other healthcare professionals. These programs provide (1) skills training sufficient to begin or expand a practice and (2) an opportunity for healthcare providers to interact with experienced faculty in an informal environment to learn practical tips of what works and does not in expanding and strengthening a clinical practice.
PAMEAS and Healthcare Reform
PAMEAS regularly provides briefings to any interested parties on topics of relevance to healthcare policy and methods to decrease healthcare costs and increase clinical efficacy. |
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