Abstract: . . .  and outcomes of care, to assist managers and clinicians in making decisions about how best to care for veterans. Improving secondary prevention of ACS and chronic ACS care Another major goal for IHD-QUERI is to improve secondary prevention and chronic disease management for patients with chronic ischemic heart disease , including chronic stable angina. Following are two projects that focus on this goal. VA Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development Service Contact information for IHD-QUERI: Gwen Greiner, MPH, MSW Administrative Coordinator Tel: (206) . . .
. . .  outcomes of care, to assist managers and clinicians in making decisions about how best to care for veterans. Improving secondary prevention of ACS and chronic ACS care Another major goal for IHD-QUERI is to improve secondary prevention and chronic disease management for patients with chronic ischemic heart disease , including chronic stable angina. Following are two projects that focus on this goal. VA Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development Service Contact information for IHD-QUERI: Gwen Greiner, MPH, MSW Administrative Coordinator Tel: (206) 277-4583  . . .
. . .  www.hsrd.research.va.gov/queri IHD-QUERI direct weblink: www.va.gov/PS_IHDQueri THE QUERI PROCESS QUERI utilizes a six-step process to diagnose gaps in performance and identify and implement inter- ventions to address them: 1 ) Identify high-risk/high volume diseases or problems; 2 ) Identify best practices; 3 ) Define existing practice patterns and outcomes across VA and current varia- tion from best practices; 4 ) Identify and implement interventions to promote best practices; 5  . . .
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