Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Paula Kiyomi Onaga Yokota
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiology
Despite technological advances and the easier access to information, we are still witnessing a scenario where cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death. Unfortunately, some people come to death as a result of errors in processes related to their care. In this scenario, the concern of institutions to ensure the quality of their services and patient safety gained strength to follow the model of disease management. This constantly checks whether the patient underwent right procedure at the right time, in the right way, for the right person, and thus achieve the best possible results. The Albert Einstein Hospital has experience in cardiovascular quality indicators, after more than one decade of development and implementation of clinical protocol of acute myocardial infarction (2003-until today) is the main focus of this presentation. It was based on clinical guidelines and multi-strategy approach, daily monitoring, reduction of variability, setting goals, benchmarking, feedback to administrative and clinical staff and a clinical event board to evaluate all STEMI cases (ER, patient�s transportation, cath lab, CCU and Cardiology Program) to identify opportunities for improvement in real time. This experience resulted in an increase in compliance and quality of care indicator, a progressive goal reduction of door to balloon time (109�90�78�70�60 minutes) and a mortality reduction (3.7 in 2013�3, 3 in 2014�2.9 in 2015).
Email: paula.yokota@einstein.br