Coordination and surveillance of inter-regional cardiovascular care: the Ontario model, Canada

Abstract

The manuscript presents the experience of cardiac diagnostic and invasive therapeutic procedures availability increasing by example of The Ontario model for Cardiac Care / CorHealth Net-work to maintain and improve medical care for large population and geographic region. New PCI-capable hospitals were created across the province of Ontario and new management guideline for STEMI patients were introduced for the improvement of medical care access and it`s outcomes.