- Data Collection/Registry/Quality Improvement Web sites
National Registry of Myocardial Infarction (NRMI)
www.nrmi.org/index.html
American Heart Association — Get With The Guidelines
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1165
American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry
http://www.acc.org/about/ncdr_demo/index_login.htm
Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)
http://www.outcomes-umassmed.org/grace/
Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes with Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines (CRUSADE)
www.crusadeqi.com/
Reducing Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH)
www.REACHregistry.org
- Link to ACC/AHA Guidelines for ACS
Braunwald E, Antman EM. Beasley JW, et al. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina). 2002. Available at: http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/guidelines/unstable/incorporated/UA_incorporated.pdf
Antman EM, Anbe DT, Armstrong PW, et al, American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, Canadian Cardiovascular Society. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction—executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to revise the 1999 guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction). 2004. Available at:
http://www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/guidelines/stemi/Guideline1/index.pdf
Smith SC Jr, Feldman TE, Hirshfeld JW Jr, et al. ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention). American College of Cardiology Web Site. Available at: http://www.acc.org/clinical/guidelines/percutaneous/update/index.pdf
- ACS Pathways-Related Web sites
Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs Campaign — www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/index.htm
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) — www.ahrq.gov
American Accreditation HealthCare Commission/URAC — www.urac.org
American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) — www.aahp.org
American Heart Association (AHA) — www.americanheart.org
American College of Cardiology (ACC) — www.acc.org
American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) — www.chestnet.org
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) — www.acep.org
American Medical Association (AMA) — www.ama-assn.org
American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) — www.asecho.org
Canadian Medical Association — www.cma.ca
Cardiosource — www.cardiosource.com
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) — www.cms.hhs.gov
Clinical Trial Results.org — www.clinicaltrialresults.org
Cyberounds — www.cyberounds.com
ECG Library — www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html
European Society of Cardiology — www.escardio.org
Get With The Guidelines AHA program —
www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1165
Healthfinder — www.healthfinder.gov
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) — www.hrsa.gov
Healthy People 2010 — www.health.gov/healthypeople
Heart Information Network — www.heartinfo.org
TheHeart.org — www.theheart.org
InCirculation.net — www.incirculation.net
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) — www.ihi.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) — www.jcaho.org
MedConnect — www.medconnect.com
National Center for Early Defibrillation (NCED) — www.early-defib.org/03_06_02.html
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) — www.ncqa.org
National Guideline Clearinghouse — www.guideline.gov
National Heart Attack Alert Program (NHAAP) — www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/nhaap
National Library of Medicine (NLM) — www.nlm.nih.gov
The Rand Organization — www.rand.org
Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions — www.scai.org
Society of Chest Pain Centers and Providers (SCPCP) — www.scpcp.org
Society of Geriatric Cardiology (SGC) — www.sgcard.org
Society of Invasive Cardiovascular Professionals (SICP) — www.sicp.com
Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) — www.sts.org
TCTMD — www.tctmd.com
TIMI Study Group — www.timi.org
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