Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/43658, first published .
Venous Access: National Guideline and Registry Development (VANGUARD): Advancing Patient-Centered Venous Access Care Through the Development of a National Coordinated Registry Network

Venous Access: National Guideline and Registry Development (VANGUARD): Advancing Patient-Centered Venous Access Care Through the Development of a National Coordinated Registry Network

Venous Access: National Guideline and Registry Development (VANGUARD): Advancing Patient-Centered Venous Access Care Through the Development of a National Coordinated Registry Network

Andrea Iorga   1, 2 , PhD, MPH, MS ;   Marti J Velezis   1 , MPH, MS ;   Danica Marinac-Dabic   1 , MD, PhD, MMSc ;   Robert F Lario   3 , MBA, MSE, PhD ;   Stanley M Huff   4 , MD ;   Beth Gore   5 , PhD ;   Leonard A Mermel   6 , ScM, DO ;   L Charles Bailey   7, 8 , MD, PhD ;   Julia Skapik   9, 10 , MD, MPH ;   Debi Willis   11 ;   Robert E Lee   1 , MD ;   Frank P Hurst   1 , MD ;   Laura E Gressler   12 , PhD ;   Terrie L Reed   13 , MSc ;   Richard Towbin   14, 15 , MD ;   Kevin M Baskin   15, 16 , MD

1 Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, United States

2 Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States

3 Biomedical Informatics Research, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

4 Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

5 The Oley Foundation, Albany Medical Center, Delmar, NY, United States

6 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

7 Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

8 Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

9 Internal Medicine, Inova Medical Group, Alexandria, VA, United States

10 National Association of Community Health Centers, Bethesda, MD, United States

11 PatientLink Enterprises, Oklahoma City, OK, United States

12 Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States

13 Symmetric Health Solutions, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

14 Emeritus, Department of Radiology, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, United States

15 VANGUARD Coordinated Registry Network, LLC, Phoenix, AZ, United States

16 Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Kevin M Baskin, MD
  • Division of Interventional Radiology
  • Department of Radiology
  • Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
  • 1086 Franklin Street
  • Johnstown, PA, 15905
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 814 534-9020
  • Email: kevinbaskin@comcast.net