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Clinical quality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.

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Califf, RM; Mehta, RH; Peterson, ED
Published in: Am J Med
November 2007

We have entered a new era of medicine in which both the interest of scientific rigor and pressure from health care purchasers demand increased adoption of empirically based standards of care. Certain therapeutic areas have seen rapid transformation from a model in which care is based on a clinician's intuition to one based on therapies and standards backed by substantial clinical evidence. The condition of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes, a leading cause of death in industrialized nations, provides an excellent example of this transformation and a potential model for other areas of disease treatment. This article discusses the cycle of quality (the conceptual basis for quality improvement in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes), the approach taken by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association in developing their clinical practice guidelines, the use of performance indicators in clinical practice, and the ever-increasing evidence that adherence to practice guidelines and attention to performance measures result in improved patient outcomes.

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Am J Med

DOI

EISSN

1555-7162

Publication Date

November 2007

Volume

120

Issue

11

Start / End Page

930 / 935

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Quality Control
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Patient Care
  • Humans
  • Heart Diseases
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
 

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Califf, R. M., Mehta, R. H., & Peterson, E. D. (2007). Clinical quality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Am J Med, 120(11), 930–935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.016
Califf, Robert M., Rajendra H. Mehta, and Eric D. Peterson. “Clinical quality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.Am J Med 120, no. 11 (November 2007): 930–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.016.
Califf RM, Mehta RH, Peterson ED. Clinical quality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Am J Med. 2007 Nov;120(11):930–5.
Califf, Robert M., et al. “Clinical quality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes.Am J Med, vol. 120, no. 11, Nov. 2007, pp. 930–35. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.10.016.
Califf RM, Mehta RH, Peterson ED. Clinical quality in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. Am J Med. 2007 Nov;120(11):930–935.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Med

DOI

EISSN

1555-7162

Publication Date

November 2007

Volume

120

Issue

11

Start / End Page

930 / 935

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Quality Control
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Patient Care
  • Humans
  • Heart Diseases
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences