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Emergency Medical Services/standards , Myocardial Infarction/therapy , Physicians , Point-of-Care Systems/standards , American Heart Association , Community Health Services , Coronary Vessels/physiopathology , Health Education , Humans , Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology , United States , Vascular PatencyABSTRACT
Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) is a hospital-based quality improvement initiative created by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association (ASA) to improve the care of patients with cardiac diseases and stroke. It supports the AHA mission to reduce death and disability due to cardiovascular diseases and stroke. It is evidence-based and founded on the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and is designed to help health care providers consistently treat patients in accordance with these accepted guidelines.
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Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control , Guideline Adherence , Myocardial Infarction/therapy , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Adrenergic beta-Antagonists/therapeutic use , American Heart Association , Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Aspirin/therapeutic use , Female , Humans , Internet , Male , Smoking Cessation , Thrombolytic Therapy/statistics & numerical data , United StatesSubject(s)
Cardiovascular Diseases/therapy , Case Management , Quality Assurance, Health Care , Case Management/organization & administration , Case Management/standards , Case Management/trends , Chronic Disease , Comorbidity , Conflict of Interest , Humans , Patient Education as Topic , Peer Review, Health Care , Physician-Patient Relations , Practice Guidelines as Topic , Stroke/therapy , Treatment OutcomeSubject(s)
Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology , Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control , Global Health , Aged , Aging , Cardiovascular Diseases/economics , Causality , Comorbidity , Cost of Illness , Delivery of Health Care/economics , Delivery of Health Care/trends , Health Services Accessibility/trends , Humans , Life Style , Medically Uninsured/statistics & numerical data , Obesity/epidemiology , Quality of Health Care/trends , Risk Factors , Smoking/epidemiology , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Cardiovascular disease and stroke are the nation's leading causes of disability and death. Scientific advances have provided newer treatments that, when applied effectively and in time, save a significant number of lives. Multiple factors in our system of delivery impede our ability to apply effective treatments, but with an analysis of the components of care, each of us can take leadership roles in our communities to improve the chain of survival. These elements and the science supporting each are briefly reviewed.
