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Effect of discharge instructions on readmission of hospitalised patients with heart failure: do all of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations heart failure core measures reflect better care?

VanSuch M, Naessens JM, Stroebel RJ, Huddleston JM, Williams AR.

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Gardetto NJ, Carroll KC.

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Adherence to heart failure quality-of-care indicators in US hospitals: analysis of the ADHERE Registry.

Fonarow GC, Yancy CW, Heywood JT; ADHERE Scientific Advisory Committee, Study Group, and Investigators.

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Predictors of delivery of hospital-based heart failure patient education: a report from OPTIMIZE-HF.

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

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Readmissions and the quality of care in patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Luthi JC, Lund MJ, Sampietro-Colom L, Kleinbaum DG, Ballard DJ, McClellan WM.

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Incremental survival benefit with adherence to standardized heart failure core measures: a performance evaluation study of 2958 patients.

Kfoury AG, French TK, Horne BD, Rasmusson KD, Lappé DL, Rimmasch HL, Roberts CA, Evans RS, Muhlestein JB, Anderson JL, Renlund DG.

J Card Fail. 2008 Mar;14(2):95-102.PMID: 18325454 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Critical pathway for the management of acute heart failure at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System: transforming performance measures into cardiac care.

Gardetto NJ, Greaney K, Arai L, Brenner A, Carroll KC, Howerton NM, Lee M, Pada L, Tseng M, Maisel AS.

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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

Outcomes and the quality of care for patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Luthi JC, Flanders WD, Pitts SR, Burnand B, McClellan WM.

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Prolonged beneficial effects of a home-based intervention on unplanned readmissions and mortality among patients with congestive heart failure.

Stewart S, Vandenbroek AJ, Pearson S, Horowitz JD.

Arch Intern Med. 1999 Feb 8;159(3):257-61.PMID: 9989537 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Factors associated with unplanned hospital readmission among patients 65 years of age and older in a Medicare managed care plan.

Marcantonio ER, McKean S, Goldfinger M, Kleefield S, Yurkofsky M, Brennan TA.

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Palliative care benchmarks from academic medical centers.

Twaddle ML, Maxwell TL, Cassel JB, Liao S, Coyne PJ, Usher BM, Amin A, Cuny J.

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The association between the quality of inpatient care and early readmission.

Ashton CM, Kuykendall DH, Johnson ML, Wray NP, Wu L.

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Hospital variation and characteristics of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator use in patients with heart failure: data from the GWTG-HF (Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure) registry.

Shah B, Hernandez AF, Liang L, Al-Khatib SM, Yancy CW, Fonarow GC, Peterson ED; Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Feb 3;53(5):416-22.PMID: 19179199 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of a home-based intervention among patients with congestive heart failure discharged from acute hospital care.

Stewart S, Pearson S, Horowitz JD.

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Improving the continuity of care following discharge of patients hospitalized with heart failure: is the discharge summary adequate?

Raval AN, Marchiori GE, Arnold JM.

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Unplanned readmissions of patients with congestive heart failure: do they reflect in-hospital quality of care or patient characteristics?

Kossovsky MP, Sarasin FP, Perneger TV, Chopard P, Sigaud P, Gaspoz J.

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Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality.

Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM.

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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.

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Fall in readmission rate for heart failure after implementation of B-type natriuretic peptide testing for discharge decision: a retrospective study.

Valle R, Aspromonte N, Carbonieri E, D'Eri A, Feola M, Giovinazzo P, Noventa F, Prevaldi C, Barro S, Milani L.

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