Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction (SAMI)
Hospital Strategies for Improving Hospital Outcomes for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Press
“Organizational culture distinguishes top-performing hospitals in patient outcomes from heart attack.” Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, June 2011.
Publications
Krumholz, H. M., L. A. Curry, and E. H. Bradley. 2011. Survival after acute myocardial infarction (SAMI) study: the design and implementation of a positive deviance study. Am Heart J. 162(6):981-987. e9. Epub 2011 Oct 24.
Curry, L. A., E. Spatz, E. Cherlin, J. W. Thompson, D. Berg, H. H. Ting, C. Decker, H. M. Krumholz, and E. H. Bradley. 2011. What Distinguishes Top-Performing Hospitals in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality Rates?. Annals of Internal Medicine. 154(6): 384-90.
Bradley, E. H., J. Herrin, L. Curry, E. J. Cherlin, Y. Wang, T. R. Webster, E. E. Drye, S-L. T. Normand, and H. M. Krumholz. 2010. Variation in hospital mortality rates for patients with acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Cardiology. 106:1108-1112.
