Overview:

In the United States, every year an estimated 1.1 million people are diagnosed with an AMI. Speed of treatment is essential in the initial care of AMI patients.

Participating hospitals will reduce their AMI mortality rate without transfers by a minimum of 15%. . Individual improvement goals will be determined by each facility and may vary.

Hospitals will submit data on a quarterly basis for initiatives. When possible, hospitals will provide historical data from 2008 or data from published sources, when available, may be used to establish a baseline for improvement. Improvement will be determined by a trend line. The slope of the line from the baseline until the end of the data collection period will be used to determine if the improvement goal was successfully obtained.

Baseline:
AHRQ Baseline for 2006 25th percentile 6%