Regional systems of care demonstration project: Mission: Lifeline STEMI Systems Accelerator: design and methodology.

ABSTRACT: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) systems of care have been associated with significant improvement in use and timeliness of reperfusion. Consequently, national guidelines recommend that each community should develop a regional STEMI care system. However, significant barriers continue to impede widespread establishment of regional STEMI care systems in the United States. We designed the Regional Systems of Care Demonstration Project: Mission: Lifeline STEMI Systems Accelerator, a national educational outcome research study in collaboration with the American Heart Association, to comprehensively accelerate the implementation of STEMI care systems in 17 major metropolitan regions encompassing >1,500 emergency medical service agencies and 450 hospitals across the United State

SUBMITTER: Bagai A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3936880 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature