Cardiology Emergency Study Workflow: The Patient's View

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At its simplest, a workflow is a sequence of events, initiated by a trigger event, such as when a study is scheduled. For a patient, an emergency study workflow begins when he arrives at the hospital with chest pains, continues through the examination, diagnosis, and surgery process, and ends with a follow-up visit to the cardiologist.

The following topics outline a typical, simplified workflow for an emergency cardiology study from the patient's perspective:

Patient Arrival
Non-invasive Diagnostic
Invasive Diagnostic
Invasive Corrective
Recovery