Regionalized care for time-critical conditions: Lessons learned from existing networks

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1354-1358

  Carr, Brendan G ^a   Matthew Edwards, J ^a   Martinez, Ricardo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Schumacher Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTOXICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650005644     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00940.x     Document Type: Review

References (22)

1. The National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group. Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 1995; 333: 1581-7.
2. Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, et al., Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2001; 345: 1368-77.
3. Bernard SA, Gray TW, Buist MD, et al., Treatment of comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with induced hypothermia. N Engl J Med. 2002; 346: 557-63.
4. Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group. Mild hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2002; 346: 549-56.
5. Eagle KA, Goodman SG, Avezum A, et al., Practice variation and missed opportunities for reperfusion in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction: findings from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE). Lancet. 2002; 359: 373-7.
6. Reeves MJ, Arora S, Broderick JP, et al., Acute stroke care in the US: results from 4 pilot prototypes of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry. Stroke. 2005; 36: 1232-40.
7. Henry TD, Sharkey SW, Burke MN, et al., A regional system to provide timely access to percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2007; 116: 721-8.
8. Ting HH, Rihal CS, Gersh BJ, et al., Regional systems of care to optimize timeliness to reperfusion therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: the Mayo Clinic STEMI protocol. Circulation. 2007; 116: 729-36.
9. Lattimore SU, Chalela J, Davis L, et al., Impact of establishing a primary stroke center at a community hospital on the use of thrombolytic therapy. The NINDS suburban hospital stroke center experience. Stroke. 2003; 34: e55-7.
10. American Heart Association. Mission Lifeline. Available at:. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthcareProfessional/Mission-Lifeline-Home-Page- UCM-305495-SubHomePage.jsp Accessed Sep 20, 2010.
11. McNamara RL, Herrin J, Bradley EH, et al., Hospital improvement in time to reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction, 1999 to 2002. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 47: 45-51.
12. McGinn AP, Rosamond WD, Goff DC, Taylor HA, Miles JS, Chambless L,. Trends in prehospital delay time and use of emergency medical services for acute myocardial infarction: experience in 4 US communities from 1987-2000. Am Heart J. 2005; 150: 392-400.
13. Nallamothu BK, Taheri PA, Barson WG, Bates ER,. Broken bodies, broken hearts? Limitations of the trauma system as a model for regionalizing care for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the United States. Am Heart J. 2006; 152: 613-8.
14. American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Executive summary: heart disease and stroke statistics - 2010 Update. Circulation. 2010; 121: 948-54.
15. American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart disease and stroke statistics - 2006 update. Circulation. 2006; 113: e85-151.
16. Institute of Medicine. Emergency Care for Children: Growing Pains. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006.
17. Gausche-Hill M, Schmitz C, Lewis RJ,. Pediatric preparedness of U.S. emergency departments: a 2003 survey. Pediatrics. 2007; 120: 1229-37.
18. Nelson LS, Lewin NA, Howland MA, Hoffmann RS, Goldfrank LR, Flomenbaum NE, (eds.). Goldfrank's Toxicologic Emergencies, 9th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2010.
19. Institute of Medicine. Forging a poison prevention and control system. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004.
20. Miller TR, Lestina DC,. Costs of poisoning in the United States and savings from poison control centers: a benefit-cost analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 1997; 29: 239-45.
21. Clark RF, Williams SR, Nordt SP, Pearigen PD, Deutsch R,. Resource-use analysis of a medical toxicology consultative service. Ann Emerg Med. 1998; 6: 705-9.
22. Institute of Medicine. Hospital Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2006.