PMID- 24844719
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150916
LR  - 20191027
IS  - 1710-2774 (Print)
IS  - 1710-2774 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014
TI  - Toronto Heart Attack Collaborative: an administrative model that facilitated a 
      successful city-wide integration initiative.
PG  - 36-41
AB  - This article provides a description of the administrative model that enabled a 
      city-wide integration effort between Greater Toronto Area hospitals and Toronto 
      Emergency Medical Services in the care of patients within the city of Toronto 
      with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This administrative structure, 
      known as the Toronto Heart Attack Collaborative (THAC), enabled universal 24/7 
      access to primary percutaneous coronary intervention within Toronto, improving 
      patient efficacy and outcomes. The lessons and administrative enablers from this 
      experience may be useful for regions that are embarking on multi-centre 
      integration efforts. This article presents a five-year perspective on the THAC 
      integration effort.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Longwoods Publishing.
FAU - Young, Justin
AU  - Young J
AD  - Project manager at the University Health Network in Toronto, ON.
FAU - McLellan, Barry
AU  - McLellan B
AD  - President and chief executive officer at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in 
      Toronto, ON.
FAU - Escaf, Marnie
AU  - Escaf M
AD  - Senior vice president and executive lead at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 
      University Health Network in Toronto, ON.
FAU - Dzavik, Vladimir
AU  - Dzavik V
AD  - Interim head of the Division of Cardiology at the University Health Network and 
      Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, ON.
FAU - Michaud, Susan
AU  - Michaud S
AD  - Director of pperations at the Schulich Heart Centre at the Sunnybrook Health 
      Sciences Centre in Toronto, ON.
FAU - Newton, Janet
AU  - Newton J
AD  - Senior clinical director at the University Health Network in Toronto, ON.
FAU - Newman, Erone
AU  - Newman E
AD  - Program director in the Heart and Vascular Program at St. Michael's Hospital in 
      Toronto, ON.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - Healthc Q
JT  - Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)
JID - 101208192
MH  - Cooperative Behavior
MH  - Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration/standards
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Models, Organizational
MH  - Myocardial Infarction/*therapy
MH  - Ontario
MH  - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
MH  - Treatment Outcome
MH  - Urban Health Services/organization & administration
EDAT- 2014/05/23 06:00
MHDA- 2015/09/17 06:00
CRDT- 2014/05/22 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/09/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.12927/hcq.2014.23745 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Healthc Q. 2014;17(1):36-41. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2014.23745.