title: Benchmarking outcomes for diagnosis and AMI: a multidisciplinary hospital performance improvement project.
abstract: A multihospital process improvement study was designed to evaluate outcomes related to the treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI). Time to diagnosis, time to intervention and outcomes of treatment were assessed through a risk adjusted database allowing individual hospital comparisons to benchmark results.
authors.affiliation: VHA West Coast, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Rosenstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swedlow
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Simons
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013997:Time Factors; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*