The Door-to-Balloon Alliance for Quality: Who Joins National Collaborative Efforts and Why?

摘要

BackgroundThe Door-to-Balloon (D2B) Alliance is a collaborative effort of more than 900 hospitals aimed at improving D2B times for ST–segment elevation myocardial infarction. Although such collaborative efforts are increasingly used to promote improvement, little is known about the types of health care organizations that enroll and their motivations to participate.