Core Measure: Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)-1: AMI patients receive aspirin within 24 hours before or after hospital arrival

Core Measure: Stroke (STK)-5: Ischemic stroke patients administered antithrombotic therapy by the end of hospital day 2 (e.g. aspirin, clopidogrel, dabigatran, enoxaparin, warfarin)

Due to fall outs regarding the above core measures, efforts are being made to heighten awareness when aspirin is ordered for AMI or Stroke. If aspirin is ordered for one of these indications outside of a Powerplan, please select the following sentence:

When this sentence is chosen, extra attention will be given to the aspirin order on the MAR:

The following Powerplans will be updated with this sentence as well to help with consistency of how aspirin is ordered for these indications:

Chest Pain Plan

Ischemic Stroke/TIA Plan

Rapid Response Plan

Admit Chest Pain Plan

Admit Ischemic Stroke/TIA Plan.

In addition, an option to choose a contraindication to aspirin will be added to the Ischemic Stroke/TIA Plan and Admit Ischemic Stroke/TIA Plan.