The Electrophysiology Lab Director's Operations Manual: Ablation Workflow, Device Programming, Mapping Systems, Inventory Costs, Staffing Models, and Running a Profitable EP

Run the EP lab like the distinct clinical business it is. The electrophysiology lab is not just another room in the cath lab. It carries different economics, different staffing risk, different inventory exposure, different capital decisions, and different quality obligations. Yet many EP lab directors are expected to manage those realities with borrowed cath lab workflows and institutional memory. The Electrophysiology Lab Director's Operations Manual is written for the physician director, administrative director, nurse manager, EP lab manager, cardiovascular service line leader, or hospital administrator responsible for making an EP program work in the real world. Inside, you will find practical operating frameworks for building a stand-alone EP lab P&L, modeling case-level profitability, managing ablation consumable costs, evaluating mapping system total cost of ownership, controlling consigned device inventory, scaling remote monitoring, structuring EP-specific staffing, and preparing for quality, registry, and compliance obligations. This is not a clinical electrophysiology textbook. It does not teach arrhythmia mechanisms or ablation technique. It teaches the operational work that determines whether the lab can staff the case, buy the catheter, capture the charge, reconcile the generator, document the quality metric, justify the capital request, and defend the business case for growth. Use it to build the systems your EP program needs: - EP lab financial modeling and monthly reporting - Ablation, device implant, and lead extraction economics - Mapping system selection and vendor negotiation - Consigned inventory, recall response, and expiration tracking - Device clinic workflow and remote monitoring operations - EP staffing, competency development, and retention planning - Quality metrics, registry compliance, and M&M structure - ASC expansion, technology roadmap, and multi-site growth planning For EP leaders who are tired of improvising, this manual turns the lab's hidden operational complexity into a structured playbook.

Pages: 251, Paperback, Independently published