Mission:Lifeline® Program
Program Summary
Mission:Lifeline® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) collaborative performance improvement program, currently supporting Mission:Lifeline ACS and Stroke Systems of Care demonstrated to improved adherence to evidence-based care of patients hospitalized with time sensitive emergencies, such as STEMI, NSTEMI, and Stroke.
What are the benefits of participating in Mission:Lifeline®- program?
- Assess to the most up-to-date research and scientific publications
- Professional educational opportunities
- Clinical tools and resources
- Patient education resources
- American Heart Association, quality improvement field staff support with expertise in Systems of Care implementation and regionalization
- Participation in a regional systems of care task force
- National and local recognition for hospital team program achievement
- Participation qualifies hospitals for Mission:Lifeline STEMI Accreditation
- Performance feedback reporting for continuous quality improvement◦Feedback reports for participating hospitals
- Feedback reports for participating hospitals to share with referring hospitals*
- Feedback reports for participating hospitals to share with EMS agencies*
- Participation in regional feedback reports
- Regional feedback reports used to guide Mission:Lifeline Implementation and Regionalization efforts*
- Third party access to data
- State Department of Health
- State Hospital Association
* Effective May 31, 2017.
What is the cost of Mission:Lifeline®?
The program is FREE for 2017! Special 2018 pricing expires November 1, 2018. Price increases for enrollments after that date. See the pricing sheet for the 2018 package options and pricing.
Required agreements for participation in Mission:Lifeline®?
- American Heart Association:
- Signed Unified Program Agreement (including the BAA)
- Third Party Vendor
- Program Participant must execute separate agreements with Third Party Vendor.
Data Submission Requirements
Program Participant will be responsible for submitting data to AHA Third Party Vendor through abstractions into technology platform, data upload, EHR, HIE, web services, or other identified data repository. Inpatient registries approved for Mission: Lifeline Submission include:
- Mission:Lifeline - Stroke
- Get With The Guidelines- Stroke
- Mission:Lifeline - ACS
- Get With The Guidelines- CAD
Data Set Descriptions and Requirements:
To conduct quality improvement and scientific research activities, the American Heart Association will require access to certain health information. Mission:Lifeline will require the below listed data elements be included:
Limited Data Set Requirements:
- Admission Date/Time
- Arrival Date/Time
- Sign/Symptom Onset Date/Time
- First Medical Contact Date/Time
- Discharge Date/Time
- Patient age
- Patient Age units
- Limited Data Set identifiers, as provided for in 45 C.F.R. §164.514(e)(2), may be included
Ownership and Access to Data:
Program Participants retain ownership Individually Identifiable Health Information and Limited Data Sets subject to the rights granted to the designated AHA Third Party Vendor and AHA in this Agreement and the BAA.