Management of suspected acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to cardiology or non-cardiology services at Auckland City Hospital: implications for future national data collection

Abstract

The study used comprehensive data from the previous 2012 National ACS (heart attack and unstable angina) audit to consider differences in patient management between those patients cared for by the cardiology and non-cardiology services. The current Ministry of Health-funded National database: the All New Zealand ACS Quality Improvement (ANZACS-QI) database, does not enrol non-cardiology ACS patients (at Auckland Hospital and potentially also at other large-centre hospitals), which will lead to inaccuracies with the data, and limitations to the quality improvement programme. There is a need to ensure complete capture of ACS patients on the National ANZACS-QI database, to allow appropriate assessment of available ACS services.