Performance achievement award program for get with the guidelines coronary artery disease is associated with global and sustained improvement in cardiac care for patients hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction

Critical Pathways in Cardiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Birtcher, Kim K ^a   Pan, Wenqin ^b   Labresh, Kenneth A ^c   Cannon, Christopher P ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e   Ellrodt, Gray ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary artery disease; Get With The Guidelines; performance measures; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77956444833     PISSN: 1535282X     EISSN: 15352811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HPC.0b013e3181ed763e     Document Type: Article

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