Exploring the risk of unintended consequences of quality improvement efforts

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 812-813

  Khot, Umesh N ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

door to balloon time; myocardial infarction; pre hospital electrocardiogram; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCENE TO HOSPITAL TIME; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY DELAY; TIME;

EID: 84865297926     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.04.039     Document Type: Editorial

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