on May 30, 2012 |
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Topics: Process Improvement, Efficiency, Performance Improvement, Cardiac Cath, Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Regionalization and Networks, Strategy
Nicole MacMillan, Cardiovascular Roundtable
A recent American Heart Association (AHA) survey of hospitals offering percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) reveals that many regions of the United States are now served by systems of care designed to quickly treat and transfer patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). The AHA surveyed nearly 900 PCI sites across 47 states, comprising 381 unique STEMI systems.
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STEMI systems of care increasing in number, efficiency
