An organized approach to improvement in guideline adherence for acute myocardial infarction: Results with the get with the Guidelines Quality Improvement Program

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1813-1819

  Lewis, William R ^a,f   Peterson, Eric D ^b   Cannon, Christopher P ^c   Super, Dennis M ^a   LaBresh, Kenneth A ^d   Quealy, Kathleen ^a   Liang, Li ^b   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e  

^a Metro Health Campus of Case Western Reserve University ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MassPRO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649126500     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.16.1813     Document Type: Article

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