2018
Effect of a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention on Hospital Personnel Adherence to Performance Measures in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in China: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Wang Y, Li Z, Zhao X, Wang C, Wang X, Wang D, Liang L, Liu L, Wang C, Li H, Shen H, Bettger J, Pan Y, Jiang Y, Yang X, Zhang C, Han X, Meng X, Yang X, Kang H, Yuan W, Fonarow G, Peterson E, Schwamm L, Xian Y, Wang Y. Effect of a Multifaceted Quality Improvement Intervention on Hospital Personnel Adherence to Performance Measures in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke in China: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2018, 320: 245-254. PMID: 29959443, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.8802.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultifaceted quality improvement interventionAcute ischemic strokeQuality improvement interventionsEvidence-based performance measuresIschemic strokeImprovement interventionsControl groupUsual careClinical trialsIntervention groupEvidence-based stroke careCluster-randomized clinical trialClinical vascular eventsCo-primary outcomesLong-term outcomesHospital mortalityStroke RegistryVascular eventsSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeStroke careCare protocolsClinical pathwayMAIN OUTCOMEPatients
2015
Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized multifaceted intervention trial to improve stroke care quality in China: The GOLDEN BRIDGE–Acute Ischemic Stroke
Wang Y, Li Z, Xian Y, Zhao X, Li H, Shen H, Wang C, Liu L, Wang C, Pan Y, Wang D, Bettger J, Fonarow G, Schwamm L, Smith S, Peterson E, Wang Y, investigators G. Rationale and design of a cluster-randomized multifaceted intervention trial to improve stroke care quality in China: The GOLDEN BRIDGE–Acute Ischemic Stroke. American Heart Journal 2015, 169: 767-774.e2. PMID: 26027613, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultifaceted quality improvement interventionAcute ischemic strokeQuality improvement interventionsIschemic strokeImprovement interventionsEvidence-based clinical pathwayEvidence-based performance measuresEvidence-based gapNew vascular eventsSecondary patient outcomesStroke care qualityGuideline-based recommendationsInitial symptom onsetCluster-randomized trialVascular eventsInhospital deathSymptom onsetPrimary outcomeCare protocolsAIS patientsIntervention trialsPatient outcomesClinical pathwayMultifaceted interventionsRoutine standard