Faculty

Alex J. Beuning, M.D.

Clinical Studies

Chest Pain Risk Stratification Using HEART Pathway in Community ED Eau Claire, Wis.
The objectives of this study are to evaluate utilization of chest pain risk stratification tools in a community hospital emergency department, to evaluate the effect on utilization of inpatient and outpatient resources for chest pain patients when HEART pathway risk stratification is utilized, and to compare the differences in the above outcomes before and after change from 4th to 5th generation Troponin T assays (which occurs in July 2018), in the midst of our study period.