title: Heart specialists incorporate performance improvement measures into EMR.
abstract: Midwest Heart Specialists, a physician-owned cardiovascular practice with 55 specialists serving the Chicago area, saved millions of dollars in 2004 on hospitalization costs for patients with coronary artery disease by integrating performance data collection into its existing electronic medical records system.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002641:Chicago; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration