Shannon Barnet: Hospitals Improve On 8 Heart Care Measures In 2013

1. PCI therapy within 90 minutes — 8.6 percent improvement between 2009 and 2013
2. Fibrinolytic therapy within 30 minutes — 5.1 percent
3. ACEI or ARB at discharge (for heart failure) — 3.1 percent
4. ACEI or ARB at discharge — 2.6 percent
5. Statin prescribed at discharge — 1.1 percent
6. Aspirin at arrival — 1.0 percent
7. Aspirin at discharge — 0.9 percent
8. Beta-blocker at discharge — 0.9 percent

Source: Becker's Hospital Review
Source URL: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/hospitals-impro...

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