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Rural Heart Attack Care, Julie J. Benz
Rural Heart Attack Care, Julie J. Benz
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The rural and frontier populations have fewer health care resources and remain an underserved health care consumer. The purpose of the Capstone Project was to standardize care of the rural STEMI patient with an algorithm developed by teams, and using systems improvements. The nationally recognized urban algorithm for STEMI care (Kushner et al., 2009) was tested in the rural environment of Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) in Salida Colorado. The project emphasis was process improvement. A multi-disciplinary team was developed at Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (HRRMC) and the clinical practice guidelines were reviewed. A …