The door-to-balloon alliance for quality: Who joins national collaborative efforts and why?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-99

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Nallamothu, Brahmajee K ^c   Stern, Amy F ^d,e   Cherlin, Emily J ^f   Wang, Yongfei ^g   Byrd, Jason R ^d,h   Linnander, Erika L ^a,i   Nazem, Alexander G ^a   Brush, John E ^j   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,k,l  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Joint Commission   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

^f Section of Health Policy and Administration   (United States)

^g Section of Cardiovascular Medicine VA Connecticut   (United States)

^h American Society of Hematology   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute   (United States)

^k YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l Public Health

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 61349195251     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(09)35012-6     Document Type: Article

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