New process results in dramatic improvement for heart attack patients, lower hospital costs.
Ohio hospital reduces admissions for complicated heart attack, thanks to PRO's benchmark project. Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital was surprised when redesigning the way patients are identified as candidates for TPA and other thrombolytic drug therapies resulted in fewer admissions for complicated heart attack. Learn how the revamped system easily can be employed at other hospitals.
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