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Hospitals Too Slow on Heart Attacks

From USA Today:

Only about one-third of hospitals provide emergency care to heart attack patients quickly enough to meet scientific guidelines for saving lives . . . Even top performers meet American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (ACC) guidelines for care in only half their cases, researchers say.

“Even among the better hospitals, only a few hospitals routinely meet the recommended guidelines,” says Yale cardiologist Harlan Krumholz, a leader of the research team and an architect of a national campaign launched Sunday to help hospitals improve their performance. “By next year, we’re going to change that.”

About 200,000 people a year have heart attacks caused by blockages in crucial arteries supplying the heart with blood. About 10,000 patients die of these heart attacks in hospitals each year.

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