Achieving national service framework standards for cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

Integrated care for patients who survive a myocardial infarction is lacking. Many patients are not offered cardiac rehabilitation, and secondary prevention is not optimal.

Design

12 month audit of 106 patients who survived an acute myocardial infarction.

Background and setting

Carrick Primary Care Trust in Cornwall (population 98 500) and one district general hospital.

Key measures for improvement

Proportion of patients who complete a cardiac rehabilitation programme after a myocardial infarction. Proportion of patients with optimal secondary prevention, as measured by smoking status, body mass index, cholesterol <5.0 mmol/l, and blood pressure <140/85 mm Hg.

Strategies for change

We set up a novel, integrated, and seamless system for cardiac reh

SUBMITTER: Dalal HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC150183 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature