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Statewide program helps improve quality of care for heart attack
11-04-2007 · EurekAlert!Implementation of a program in North Carolina to increase the rate of coronary reperfusion for heart attack significantly improved the quality of care these patients received, according to a study in JAMA being released early online to coincide with its release at the American Heart Association's annual meeting. The study will be published in the Nov. 28 print issue of JAMA.
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