Quality Improvement at the National Level: Lessons From the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

Most quality improvement projects address care delivered in one service of a hospital, such as the operating suite or the obstetrics service. Some projects are collaborative efforts involving groups of hospitals with similar interests. Few projects attempt to change care on a population basis (i.e.,...

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Published in:Evaluation & the health professions 1998-12, Vol.21 (4), p.525-536
Main Authors: Marciniak, Thomas A., Mosedale, Linda, Ellerbeck, Edward F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attrition (Research Studies)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Delivery Systems
Enrollment
Evidence
Evidence-Based Medicine
Guidelines
Health care
Health technology assessment
Heart attacks
Hospitals
Humans
Improvement Programs
Improvements
Medical Services
Medicare
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - therapy
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Patients
Pilot Projects
Professional Review Organizations
Program Evaluation
Quality
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Quality Control
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Records (Forms)
Sampling
Total Quality Management
United States
USA
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Summary:Most quality improvement projects address care delivered in one service of a hospital, such as the operating suite or the obstetrics service. Some projects are collaborative efforts involving groups of hospitals with similar interests. Few projects attempt to change care on a population basis (i.e., involving all providers in entire states or the nation as a whole.) The Cooperative Cardiovascular Project (CCP), sponsored by the Health Care Financing Administration, is attempting to improve carefor all Medicare patients suffering from acute myocardial infarctions nation-wide. The CCP has been active since 1993 and, in a pilot project, has demonstrated that care can be improved on a population basis (i.e., in four entire states). This article explores the lessons learned from the CCP pilot and from the evolving CCP national experience.
ISSN:0163-2787
1552-3918
DOI:10.1177/016327879802100410