July 14, 2010Internal Medicine JournalOpen Access

Current discharge management of acute coronary syndromes: baseline results from a national quality improvement initiative

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Population

1,545 adult patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) discharged during a 4-month period across 49 hospitals

Intervention

Discharge management audit using Drug Use Evaluation methodology (data collection, evaluation, feedback, and targeted educational interventions)

Outcome

Prescription of guideline-recommended medications, referral to cardiac rehabilitation, and communication between the hospital, patient, and primary healthcare professionals

A national audit reveals significant evidence-practice gaps in the discharge management of ACS patients, with only 57% receiving optimal medical therapy at discharge.

Authors

AWA. WaiHôpital Foch LPL. K. PulverThe University of Queensland KOKathryn OliverAcademy of Medical Sciences

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Implication

Gaps in post-ACS optimal medical therapy persist beyond discharge; hypothesis-generating for adherence interventions and should not yet change practice.

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Wai et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a87e62e06b1cb81386c8a90 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02308.x

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Implication

Gaps in post-ACS optimal medical therapy persist beyond discharge; hypothesis-generating for adherence interventions and should not yet change practice.

Current discharge management of acute coronary syndromes: baseline results from a national quality improvement initiative

Structured PICO

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Implication

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Current discharge management of acute coronary syndromes: baseline results from a national quality improvement initiative

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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