Is quality improvement sustainable? Findings of the American college of cardiology's guidelines applied in practice

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-222

  Olomu, Adesuwa B ^a   Stommel, Manfred ^b   Holmes Rovner, Margaret M ^a   PRieto, Andrew R ^a   Corser, William D ^a   Gourineni, Venu ^a   EAGLE, KIM A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence to medications; Appropriate healthcare; Cardiovascular disease; Disease categories; Guidelines; Measurement of quality; Predictors of medication use; Quality improvement; Quality indicators; Quality management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

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

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84901835677     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzu030     Document Type: Article

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