A new assessment tool developed by researchers and physicians at Kaiser Permanente helps guide clinical decisions in emergency departments and urgent care centers.
Kaiser Permanente’s new HEART diagnostic criteria reduced hospital admissions and stress testing without increasing risk of heart damage for patients coming to the Emergency Department with low-risk chest pain.
The case study described the process taken in Kaiser Permanente Southern California to standardize the HEART score algorithm to assess patients with possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS)