ACC Quality Summit 2026 to focus on cardiovascular patient care improvements

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Quality Summit 2026 will take place on September 16-18 in Orlando, connecting the cardiovascular quality improvement community to share ideas, learn from real-world successes and drive measurable improvements in the quality, safety and value of patient care.

Cardiovascular care is advancing at an extraordinary pace, with AI, disruptive technologies and innovation transforming what is possible for our patients. But as we embrace this exciting future, quality must remain the foundation of everything we do. Innovation only matters if it leads to better care, improved outcomes and healthier communities. The ACC Quality Summit brings the cardiovascular community together to learn from one another, challenge conventional thinking and translate data, science and innovation into meaningful change for the patients we serve. My hope is that what begins in Orlando this year finds its way back to our hospitals, care teams and communities, and most importantly, to the patients and families who depend on us."

Ellie Huff, MSN, RN, FACC, ACC Quality Summit conference chair 

John Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, MACC, director of health technologies at Meta, will deliver the Ralph G. Brindis Keynote, "Is the Future Alread Here? AI in Cardiovascular Care." Other must-see sessions include: 

• The Rural Reality: Navigating Barriers to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes
• From Innovation to Implementation: AI's Impact on Cardiology
• Beyond the Silos: Care Coordination as a Cardiovascular Quality Strategy

The top six abstracts will be selected to present their poster in-person at ACC Quality Summit 2026.

Abstracts and poster presentations

The following list provides a snapshot of the abstracts and posters being presented during ACC Quality Summit 2026. All posters are embargoed until Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 9 a.m. ET.

• Virtual Reality: Improving Completion of Cardiac PET/CT Imaging in Claustrophobic Patients
• From Impact to Accreditation: A Scalable, Data-Driven Model for Community Cardiovascular Outreach
• Trends in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among U.S. Adults with Disability: Analysis of NHANES 1999-2018
• Beyond Discharge: Integrating Care Transitions and Health Equity to Sustain Cardiovascular Recovery