A statewide collaborative initiative to improve the quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction and heart failure

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1609-1615

  Brush Jr , John E ^a,f   Rensing, Edna ^b   Song, Frank ^b   Cook, Sallie ^b   Lynch, Janet ^b   Thacker, Leroy ^c   Gurram, Sarat ^b   Bonow, Robert O ^d   Brough, Joani ^e   Valentine, C Michael ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Virginia Health Quality Center   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SENTARA HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f Cardiology Consultants Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Quality improvement; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COOPERATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 65249152967     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.764613     Document Type: Article

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