Care Maps

Banner Baywood Heart Hospital and Medical Center, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Proposed Process of Care
Courtesy of Mark Starling, MD, Banner Heart Hospital CMO and member of the SHM Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Advisory Board, this care map packet was designed for the general use of most cardiac patients but it may need to be adapted to meet the special needs of an individual patient as determined by the patients care giver. The purpose of this packet is to review and improve the process of care from ED to discharge for patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome.

As per Banner Baywood Heart Hospital and Medical Center, their goals for all ACS patients are as follows:

• To standardize the processes of care to coordinate hospital resources;
• To make the process of care simple and efficient for the cardiologists to manage their ACS patients;
• To guarantee a consistent and high level of care to all ACS patients;
• To establish a smooth, efficient working/transfer process between the BBMC Emergency Department and the BB Heart Hospital for all ACS patients:
• To perform in the top 10th percentile for CMS/JCAHO core measure quality indicators.