title: Best-practice protocols: evidence-based care for acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: Through its performance improvement service lines, Hackensack University Medical Center first reduced, and then eliminated, the occurrence of cardiac-related, inadequate "hand-off," defined as delays in getting the right treatment to the patient at the right time.
authors.affiliation: Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Mary Ann T
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Donohue
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009515:New Jersey; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*