- Create collaborative quality improvement efforts involving Mississippi Hospitals, EMS Services, & medical professionals
- Develop state and regional network of hospitals and EMS services based on best care protocols
- Institutional level heart attack teams used to collect , analyze and react to quality outcomes.
Areas of Focus
- EMS
- Non-PCI hospitals
- Inter-Facility-Transfer
- PCI referral Centers
- Public Education
Short Term Goals
- Seek grant opportunities for the state
- Establish Regional STEMI Network within the state (North, Central, South divisions)
- Designate leadership/educational teams for each region
- Create standardized educational tools
- Use MHCA tools to educate all non-PCI centers about best care protocols and NCDR-Action/GWTG registry
- Achieve 100% data entry from all PCI centers into NCDR-Action/GWTG registry (Data entry beginning with July 2010 discharges)
Intermediate & Long Term Goals
- Improve Mississippi’s EMS response
- Facilitate EMS-EKG training
- Equip ambulances with EKG transmission capabilities
- Educate public of prevention, signs & symptoms and importance of 911
- Improve public utilization of 911 services
- Reduce mortality and morbidity of Mississippians suffering from Heart Attacks
- Facilitate research