title: Overall care of cardiac patients improves with use of pre-printed orders, coordination program.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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