Open AccessThe Impact of Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol Implementation on Chest Pain Observation Unit Utilization
Author(s) -
Iltifat Husain,
Simon A. Mahler,
Brian Hiestand,
Chadwick D. Miller,
Jason P. Stopyra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
critical pathways in cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1535-282X
pISSN - 1535-2811
DOI - 10.1097/hpc.0000000000000254
Subject(s) - medicine , chest pain , myocardial infarction , troponin , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , cardiology , physics , optics
Data evaluating the impact of the history, ECG, age, risk factors, and troponin (HEART) Pathway on observation unit (OU) use is limited. The objective of this study is to determine how HEART Pathway implementation affects OU use.