Improved Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral Rate Utilizing a Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Team.

Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an underutilized resource in patients with ischemic heart disease, despite being a Class IA recommendation. In this study, a multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) team aimed to improve CR referrals by standardizing the ordering process at our hospital system. Method By using a collaborative approach involving the electronic medical record (EMR), medical provider education, and hospital protocols, our two-hospital healthcare system was able to successfully identify barriers to CR referral rates and implement interventions for these barriers.

Retrospective analysis of clinical findings and outcome of cats with suspected rattlesnake envenomation in Southern California: 18 cases (2007-2010).

Objective: To evaluate treatment and survival rates of cats with suspected rattlesnake envenomation.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Veterinary emergency referral hospital in Southern California.