Overall care of cardiac patients improves with use of pre-printed orders, coordination program.
Performance on the Joint Commission's core measures for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction at hospitals in the Legacy Health System, Portland, OR, has increased significantly due to a project that encouraged physicians to make greater use of pre-printed orders and implementation of a cardiac care coordination program.
D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D004282:Documentation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D009922:Oregon; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States