Getting Started Kit
Updated How-to Guide with instructions for implementing the change in your organization, including changes and measures.
PowerPoint presentation with Facilitator Notes to introduce and explain the intervention in your organization.
Updated Annotated Bibliography
National Heart Care Annotated Bibliography
Download a one page summary
Campaign Mentor Hospitals
The organizations on the Campaign Mentor Hospital Registry have volunteered to provide support, advice, clinical expertise, and tips to hospitals seeking help with their implementation efforts.
Improve Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction Campaign Mentor Hosptials
Tools
Tools for hospitals working to improve care for acute myocardial infarction.
Cardiac Discharge Contract
Acute Myocardial Infarction Checklist/Schedule
Improve Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Fact Sheet for Patients and Families
Improve Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Fact Sheet for Patients and Families - Spanish Translation
Measurement Information Forms
Detailed information on the process and outcome measures outlined in the How-to Guide.
ACEI or ARB for LVSD
AMI Inpatient Mortality
Aspirin at Arrival
Aspirin at Discharge
Beta Blocker at Arrival
Beta Blocker at Discharge
PCI Received Within 120 Minutes of Hospital Arrival
Perfect Care
Smoking Cessation
Thrombolytic Agent Received Within 30 Minutes of Hospital
Improvement Stories
Read improvement stories and learn how others have succeeded in improving care for acute myocardial infarction.
Learn how DuBois Regional Medical Center has improved outcomes for AMI patients
Read about hospitals delivering timely, reliable AMI care
By implementing a discharge medication program including key AMI measures, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT, was able to achieve greater than 90 percent compliance with aspirin and beta-blocker guidelines among AMI patients.
- Lappe JM, Muhlestein JB, Lappe DL, et al. Improvements in 1-year cardiovascular clinical outcomes associated with a hospital-based discharge medication program. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:446-453.
Through their Cardiac Service Line, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, developed standardized processes for AMI care, resulting in an increase in the composite AMI score as calculated by CMS (aggregate of the key measures). The composite score increased from an average of 72 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to an average of 91 percent by the fourth quarter of 2003, resulting in a decrease in AMI inpatient mortality from 7 percent to 5.2 percent in the same time period.
- Hackensack University Medical Center AMI Report, Sept 10, 2004.
By developing protocols based on the evidence, McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, NC, increased the percent of patients who received “perfect care” (all AMI key measures) from 80 percent in January 2001 to 100 percent by November 2003. This has reduced average inpatient mortality rate for AMI to 4 percent for the past year, below the CMS reported average of 7 percent in 2003.
- McLeod Regional Medical Center Storyboard for the 2004 IHI National Forum.
Resources
Other resources available to help your quality improvement efforts.
Join an Acute Myocardial Infarction Web Discussion
CMS National Acute Myocardial Infarction Project
JCAHO Core Measures: Change Announcement
American College of Cardiology
Improvement Methods
Web-based Training: The Model for Improvement (there is a fee associated with this training)
Call Recordings
Recordings of Campaign calls on improving care for acute myocardial infarction.
March 9, 2005 - Informational Call
July 25, 2005 - Follow-up call
February 3, 2006 - Office Hours
April 18, 2006 - Office Hours
August 1, 2006 - Office Hours
September 28, 2006 - Office Hours
February 13, 2007 - Office Hours
May 31, 2007 - Office Hours
October 18, 2007 - Office Hours
February 7, 2008 - Office Hours
National Action Day Materials
On June 20, 2007 over 35,000 participants focused their attention on getting results faster and more reliably. Materials used during the improving care for acute myocardial infarction session are available for download.
Acute Myocardial Infarction Session Recording
PPT Slides, Slides as Handouts, Changes Made Worksheet, Changes Planned Worksheet, Blank Planning Worksheet
Contact
For more information contact:
Fran Griffin, RRT, MPA
Email: fgriffin@ihi.org
Phone: (732) 869-0533
