Sustaining and spreading reduced door-to-balloon times for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 297-306

  Cyr, Jay ^a   Paige, Peter ^b,c   Paige, Paula ^c   Fisher, Daniel ^d  

^a UMass Memeorial Health Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT TRANSFER; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 67649986523     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35043-6     Document Type: Article

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