The 8th Summit on Transparency and Public Reporting
August 12, 2024
Join us virtually in collaboration with Stanford Medicine as we unite patients, families, health professionals, administrators, payers, media, federal partners, and policymakers to lead the field of congenital cardiovascular care into a new age of transparent reporting.
Aims for this Summit
This Summit is the eighth in a series of meetings intended to develop a thoughtful and actionable approach to transparency and public reporting across the fields of pediatric and congenital cardiology. It is aimed at consumer access to critical, reliable, timely and understandable data for children and adults with congenital heart disease, as well as improved quality and outcomes.
Through informative presentations and meaningful conversation, we intend to accomplish the following at this meeting:
- Develop an improved understanding of health equity and transparency
- Receive updated information about transparency and public reporting activities such as Society of Thoracic Surgeons and U.S. News and World Report
- Discuss Advancements in Medical Devices.
- Consider policy next steps for stakeholders as we work together to empower patients and families and improve quality and outcomes.
Key Features
- Pre-conference meeting for first-time attendees will be pre-recorded and disseminated prior to the live virtual event
- Hot Topics presented by experts in the field, with opportunity for live discussion between the experts and attendees

Conquering CHD Stories
Ryan Kirst
February 3, 1999, our heart warrior was born. We were already blessed with a six-year-old daughter and we were excited to add a son to our family. It wasn’t until Ryan was born that we learned he had something seriously wrong with his heart. He was born blue and right away they knew something was...
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