Clinical advisor helps PA hospital make improvements.
A few years ago, only 40% of the patients at St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network in Bethlehem, PA, who were having an ST-elevation myocardial infarction received angioplasty within 120 minutes. Today, 100% of the patients are getting to the cath lab within the two-hour timeframe.
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019985:Benchmarking; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D016519:Hospitals, Religious; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013996:Time and Motion Studies