Background: Public reporting on hospital quality has been widely adopted for a few medical conditions. Broadening the scope of these efforts to include cardiac arrest is now being considered. Given growing evidence that hospital organization and culture can have hospital‐wide effects on quality of care, it is unknown if a measure of inpatient survival after […]

Background: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Inter-hospital transfers (IHT) are becoming the standard for treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMIs) as specialized care is often concentrated at tertiary centers. The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) recommends door-to-balloon time […]