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The Effect Of Obtaining Chest Pain Center Accreditation On The Compliance With Current Practice Standards, Lisa Stephenson
The Effect Of Obtaining Chest Pain Center Accreditation On The Compliance With Current Practice Standards, Lisa Stephenson
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The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) has created a holistic model focused on providing best care to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. The SCPC uses the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines to define best practice for treating ACS patients. The objective of this evidence-based practice project was to obtain SCPC accreditation at a rural hospital in Northwest Indiana and improve adherence with the ACC/AHA standards of care. In the literature, eighteen articles were reviewed and found to be level II or higher using Polit & Beck’s hierarchy of evidence. The literature review revealed that hospitals demonstrated …