Systems-based improvement in door-to-balloon times at a large urban teaching hospital a follow-up study from parkland health and hospital system

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Parikh, Shailja V ^a   Treichler, D Brent ^a,c   Depaola, Sheila ^c   Sharpe, Jennifer ^c   Valdes, Marisa ^d   Addo, Tayo ^d   Das, Sandeep R ^a   McGuire, Darren K ^d   De Lemos, James A ^d   Keeley, Ellen C ^b   Warner, John J ^a   Holper, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a University of Texas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Door to balloon time; Quality improvement; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BALLOON CATHETER; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART INFARCTION; MULTIHOSPITAL SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 77949521509     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.108.820134     Document Type: Review

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