The Dissociation Between Door-to-Balloon Time Improvement and Improvements in Other Acute Myocardial Infarction Care Processes and Patient Outcomes | Zendy

Tracy Y. Wang | Zendy; Gregg C. Fonarow | Zendy; Adrian F. Hernandez | Zendy; Li Liang | Zendy; Gray Ellrodt | Zendy; Brahmajee K. Nallamothu | Zendy; Bimal R. Shah | Zendy; Christopher P. Can | Zendy; Eric D. Peterson | Zendy

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The Dissociation Between Door-to-Balloon Time Improvement and Improvements in Other Acute Myocardial Infarction Care Processes and Patient Outcomes

Author(s) -

Tracy Y. Wang,

Gregg C. Fonarow,

Adrian F. Hernandez,

Li Liang,

Gray Ellrodt,

Brahmajee K. Nallamothu,

Bimal R. Shah,

Christopher P. Can,

Eric D. Peterson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.223

Subject(s) - door to balloon , medicine , quality management , medicaid , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , accreditation , emergency medicine , case mix index , health care , nursing , service (business) , economy , primary angioplasty , economic growth , economics , medical education

Recent initiatives have focused on reducing door-to-balloon (DTB) times among patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. However, DTB time is only one of several important AMI care processes. It is unclear whether quality efforts targeted to a single process will facilitate concomitant improvement in other quality measures and outcomes.

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