Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)/chest pain: median time from ED arrival to ECG (performed in the ED prior to transfer) for AMI or chest pain patients. | National Quality Measures Clearinghouse

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)/chest pain: median time from ED arrival to ECG (performed in the ED prior to transfer) for AMI or chest pain patients. | National Quality Measures Clearinghouse

Measure Summaries

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)/chest pain: median time from ED arrival to ECG (performed in the ED prior to transfer) for AMI or chest pain patients. This updates a previously published measure summary.
• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI)/chest pain: percentage of ED AMI patients or chest pain patients who received aspirin within 24 hours before ED arrival or prior to transfer. This updates a previously published measure summary.
• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time from ED arrival to administration of fibrinolytic therapy in ED patients with ST-segment elevation on the ECG performed closest to ED arrival and prior to transfer. This updates a previously published measure summary.
• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): median time to transfer to another facility for acute coronary intervention. This updates a previously published measure summary.
• Acute myocardial infarction (AMI): percentage of ED patients with AMI and ST-segment elevation on the ECG closest to arrival time receiving fibrinolytic therapy during the ED stay and having a time from ED arrival to fibrinolysis of 30 minutes or less. This updates a previously published measure summary.