Recommendations For The Irish Heart Attack Audit
RECOMMENDATION 1. Implement a national ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) transfer form for use when transferring patients from a non-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) hospital to a PCI centre.
RECOMMENDATION 2. Improve the data quality of the follow-up dataset within the Heartbeat portal.
RECOMMENDATION 3. Develop a process for accessing accurate 30-day mortality rates in patients with a STEMI using the death register in the Central Statistics Office (CSO).