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Improvements in 1-year cardiovascular clinical outcomes associated with a hospital-based discharge medication program.

Lappé JM, Muhlestein JB, Lappé DL, Badger RS, Bair TL, Brockman R, French TK, Hofmann LC, Horne BD, Kralick-Goldberg S, Nicponski N, Orton JA, Pearson RR, Renlund DG, Rimmasch H, Roberts C, Anderson JL.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Sep 21;141(6):446-53.PMID: 15381518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Structure and markers of appropriateness, quality and performance of drug treatment over a 1-year period after hospital discharge in a cohort of elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases from Germany.

Harder S, Fischer P, Krause-Schäfer M, Ostermann K, Helms G, Prinz H, Hahmann M, Baas H.

Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2005 Jan;60(11):797-805. Epub 2004 Dec 1.PMID: 15578173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Summaries for patients. Improvements in 1-year outcomes before and after a discharge medication program for patients hospitalized with heart disease.

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Ann Intern Med. 2004 Sep 21;141(6):I43. No abstract available. PMID: 15381540 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comprehensive coronary artery disease care in a safety-net hospital: results of Get With The Guidelines quality improvement initiative.

Krantz MJ, Baker WA, Estacio RO, Haynes DK, Mehler PS, Fonarow GC, Long CS.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2007 May;13(4):319-25.PMID: 17506598 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Factors associated with the use of evidence-based therapies after discharge among elderly patients with myocardial infarction.

Austin PC, Tu JV, Ko DT, Alter DA.

CMAJ. 2008 Oct 21;179(9):901-8.PMID: 18936455 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of secondary prevention drug therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome after hospital discharge.

Lee HY, Cooke CE, Robertson TA.

J Manag Care Pharm. 2008 Apr;14(3):271-80.PMID: 18439049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of secondary preventive medications after the first attack of acute coronary syndrome.

Salomaa V, Pääkkönen R, Hämäläinen H, Niemi M, Klaukka T.

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Jun;14(3):386-91.PMID: 17568237 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk-treatment mismatch in the pharmacotherapy of heart failure.

Lee DS, Tu JV, Juurlink DN, Alter DA, Ko DT, Austin PC, Chong A, Stukel TA, Levy D, Laupacis A.

JAMA. 2005 Sep 14;294(10):1240-7.PMID: 16160132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

In-hospital Initiation of Cardiovascular Protective Therapies to Improve Treatment Rates and Clinical Outcomes: The University of California-Los Angeles, Cardiovascular Hospitalization Atherosclerosis Management Program.

Fonarow GC, Gawlinski A, Watson K.

Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2003 Jun;2(2):61-70.PMID: 18340322 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Hospital discharge planning and continuity of care for aged people in an Italian local health unit: does the care-home model reduce hospital readmission and mortality rates?

Damiani G, Federico B, Venditti A, Sicuro L, Rinaldi S, Cirio F, Pregno C, Ricciardi W.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Feb 4;9:22.PMID: 19193242 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improvements in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction and increased use of cardiovascular drugs after discharge: a 10-year trend analysis.

Setoguchi S, Glynn RJ, Avorn J, Mittleman MA, Levin R, Winkelmayer WC.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 1;51(13):1247-54.PMID: 18371553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Outcomes associated with the use of secondary prevention medications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Goyal A, Alexander JH, Hafley GE, Graham SH, Mehta RH, Mack MJ, Wolf RK, Cohn LH, Kouchoukos NT, Harrington RA, Gennevois D, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Ferguson TB Jr, Peterson ED; PREVENT IV Investigators.

Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):993-1001.PMID: 17307447 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of primary nonadherence after acute myocardial infarction.

Jackevicius CA, Li P, Tu JV.

Circulation. 2008 Feb 26;117(8):1028-36.PMID: 18299512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Short and longer term outcomes of a diabetes disease management program in underserved Latino patients.

Mathur R, Roybal GM, Peters AL.

Curr Med Res Opin. 2005 Dec;21(12):1935-41.PMID: 16368043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pay for performance, quality of care, and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction.

Glickman SW, Ou FS, DeLong ER, Roe MT, Lytle BL, Mulgund J, Rumsfeld JS, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Schulman KA, Peterson ED.

JAMA. 2007 Jun 6;297(21):2373-80.PMID: 17551130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Medication nonadherence is associated with a broad range of adverse outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease.

Ho PM, Magid DJ, Shetterly SM, Olson KL, Maddox TM, Peterson PN, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS.

Am Heart J. 2008 Apr;155(4):772-9.PMID: 18371492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A quality guarantee in acute coronary syndromes: the American College of Cardiology's Guidelines Applied in Practice program taken real-time.

Vasaiwala S, Nolan E, Ramanath VS, Fang J, Kearly G, Van Riper S, Kline-Rogers E, Otten R, Cody RA, Eagle KA.

Am Heart J. 2007 Jan;153(1):16-21.PMID: 17174631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of a performance-improvement initiative on quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure: results of the Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure (OPTIMIZE-HF).

Fonarow GC, Abraham WT, Albert NM, Gattis Stough W, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, Pieper K, Sun JL, Yancy CW, Young JB; OPTIMIZE-HF Investigators and Hospitals.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 23;167(14):1493-502.PMID: 17646603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quality of care of and outcomes for African Americans hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the OPTIMIZE-HF (Organized Program to Initiate Lifesaving Treatment in Hospitalized Patients With Heart Failure) registry.

Yancy CW, Abraham WT, Albert NM, Clare R, Stough WG, Gheorghiade M, Greenberg BH, O'Connor CM, She L, Sun JL, Young JB, Fonarow GC.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 29;51(17):1675-84.PMID: 18436120 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in acute myocardial infarction in 4 US states between 1992 and 2001: clinical characteristics, quality of care, and outcomes.

Masoudi FA, Foody JM, Havranek EP, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Allman RM, Gold J, Wiblin RT, Krumholz HM.

Circulation. 2006 Dec 19;114(25):2806-14. Epub 2006 Dec 4.PMID: 17145994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article