A Statewide Collaborative Initiative to Improve the Quality of Care for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure | Zendy

John E. Brush | Zendy; Edna Rensing | Zendy; Frank Song | Zendy; Sallie S. Cook | Zendy; Janet Lynch | Zendy; Leroy R. Thacker | Zendy; Sarat Gurram | Zendy; Robert O. Bonow | Zendy; Joani Brough | Zendy; C. Michael Valentine | Zendy

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A Statewide Collaborative Initiative to Improve the Quality of Care for Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure

Author(s) -

John E. Brush,

Edna Rensing,

Frank Song,

Sallie S. Cook,

Janet Lynch,

Leroy R. Thacker,

Sarat Gurram,

Robert O. Bonow,

Joani Brough,

C. Michael Valentine

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.764613

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , heart failure , quality management , emergency medicine , acute care , medical emergency , quality (philosophy) , health care , family medicine , intensive care medicine , operations management , management system , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth

To enhance quality improvement, we created a unique statewide collaboration among 3 organizations: the Virginia Health Quality Center (Virginia's Medicare Quality Improvement Organization), the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association. The goal was to improve discharge measures for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure.

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