China PEACE II: Quality Improvement for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Training in standardized treatment pattern; building quality management team and determining improvement goals; tools (a wristband in order to remind all medical staff involved in the treatment process; workflow posters and cards; a CRF including a flowchart to inform the management steps); periodical quality feedback report and regular quality meeting; study website serving as the communication platform.

Examining local hospitals' workflow to determine the key link affecting the rate of reperfusion therapy and its timeliness (such as thrombolytic drug preparation, cardiac catheterization laboratory preparation, transferring from the ER to the cath lab, interventional medical team gathering, etc.) and systems (such as pre-paid policy for thrombolysis or PPCI)