2012
Building Hospital Management Capacity to Improve Patient Flow for Cardiac Catheterization at a Cardiovascular Hospital in Egypt
Wong R, Hathi S, Linnander EL, Banna A, Maraghi M, Din R, Ahmed A, Hafez AR, Allam AA, Krumholz HM, Bradley EH. Building Hospital Management Capacity to Improve Patient Flow for Cardiac Catheterization at a Cardiovascular Hospital in Egypt. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2012, 38: 147-153. PMID: 22533126, PMCID: PMC3427659, DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(12)38019-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac catheterizationPre-post intervention studyPercentage of patientsPatient flowPre-intervention periodNational Heart InstituteCatheterization laboratory proceduresResource-limited settingsSubset of proceduresTotal patientsConsecutive patientsMiddle-income countriesCardiovascular HospitalPostintervention periodHeart InstituteHospital careHigh-income countriesQI interventionsPatientsCatheterization proceduresIntervention studiesCatheterizationPatient crowdingWard unitSignificant reduction
1997
A collaborative project in Connecticut to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Meehan TP, Radford MJ, Vaccarino LV, Gottlieb LD, McGovern-Hughes B, Herman MV, Revkin JH, Therrien ML, Petrillo MK, Krumholz HM. A collaborative project in Connecticut to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Connecticut Medicine 1997, 61: 147-55. PMID: 9097486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnecticut Peer Review OrganizationPeer review organizationsCare of patientsAcute myocardial infarction careChart abstraction toolUse of thrombolyticsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction careStaff education sessionsNon-Medicare patientsBeta blockersAtrial fibrillationAppropriate medicationEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionQI interventionsLocal hospitalImprovement interventionsEducation sessionsHospitalQI planPatientsIndividual hospitalsQI activitiesQI project
1996
A Collaborative Project in Connecticut to Improve the Care of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Meehan T, Radford M, Vaccarino L, Gottlieb L, McGovern-Hughes B, Herman M, Revkin J, Therrien M, Petrillo M, Krumholz H. A Collaborative Project in Connecticut to Improve the Care of Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 1996, 22: 751-761. PMID: 8937949, DOI: 10.1016/s1070-3241(16)30280-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnecticut Peer Review OrganizationPeer review organizationsCare of patientsAcute myocardial infarction careChart abstraction toolUse of thrombolyticsAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction careStaff education sessionsNon-Medicare patientsBeta blockersAtrial fibrillationAppropriate medicationEmergency departmentMyocardial infarctionQI interventionsLocal hospitalImprovement interventionsEducation sessionsHospitalQI planPatientsIndividual hospitalsQI activitiesQI project