{"id":44,"date":"2018-12-26T18:11:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T18:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/coap\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:34:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:34:19","slug":"about-coap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/coap\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;bottom&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving&#8221; parallax_speed_bg=&#8221;1.2&#8243; overlay_dotted=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1550788641438{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.qualityhealth.org\/coap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/cardiac-care-outcome-assessments-program-coap-1920&#215;700.jpg) !important;background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size:contain;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;200px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #fff;\">Cardiac<br \/>\nCARE OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT<br \/>\nPROGRAM (COAP)<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row overlay_dotted=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1564084640679{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; color: #13c5dd;\">COAP is here to help cardiac patients and the people who care for them.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">We collect clinical data to develop local knowledge, let providers know how they\u2019re doing as compared to peers across the region, and provide a safe forum for discussing challenges in cardiac care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; color; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Washington State hospitals that perform percutaneous cardiac intervention (PCI), adult cardiac surgery, and\/or transcatheter aortic valve replacement participate in COAP, plus a few sites outside the state. 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