Title :
Information system for assessing health care in acute myocardial infarction
Author :
Taddei, A. ; Paradossi, U. ; Rocca, E. ; Carducci, T. ; Mangione, M. ; Dalmiani, S. ; Laws, E. ; Marchi, M. ; Badiali, B. ; Berti, S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Clinical Physiol., G. Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy
Abstract :
A network system was organized in our region for quick diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and their transfer to specialized center for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. A clinical data repository, integrated with the Hospital Information System, was set up, recording door-to-balloon times (since emergency call to angioplasty) and follow-up information in addition to any patient clinical or interventional data. Gold standard of DTB<;90 min was assessed in 45% of patients. The developed repository was useful for evaluating care pathways in STEMI patients, assessing the correlation between DTB times and outcome and driving the improvement of health-care delivery.
Keywords :
cardiology; diseases; health care; information storage; medical information systems; patient care; patient monitoring; records management; DTB gold standard; DTB times; ST-elevation myocardial infarction diagnosis; STEMI patient care pathways evaluation; acute myocardial infarction; angioplasty; clinical data repository; door-to-balloon times recording method; follow-up information; health care information system assessment; health-care delivery improvement; hospital information system; medical repository; patient clinical data; primary percutaneous coronary intervention; Cardiology; Databases; Delay; Heart; Hospitals; Myocardium;
Conference_Titel :
Computing in Cardiology (CinC), 2012
Conference_Location :
Krakow
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2076-4
