Cardiologists at St. John Hospital & Medical Center in Detroit can
assess heart attacks faster with new computers that let them read tests
remotely.
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To speed assessment, emergency department physicians transmit EKG and other patient information immediately to cardiology fellows on call. The investment cost about $8,000.
U-M cardiologists Drs. Mauro Moscucci and Kim Eagle, who coauthored the New England Journal of Medicine study, are working with 22 hospitals to improve heart care and door-to-balloon times. The effort, called the Cardiac Consortium, is funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan and its affiliated Blue Care Network through a $540,000 grant this year.
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