Individual quality improvement in acute coronary syndromes: A performance improvement initiative

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Hoekstra, James W ^b   Larson, David M ^c   Mencia, William A ^d   Cornish, Jeanne ^d   Carter, Reshma D ^d   Berry, Carolyn A ^e   Karcher, Rachel Bongiorno ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Ridgeview Medical Center   (United States)

^d Med IQ   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 66949151878     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3181980f75     Document Type: Review

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