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Automated review of electronic health records to assess quality of care for outpatients with heart failure.

Baker DW, Persell SD, Thompson JA, Soman NS, Burgner KM, Liss D, Kmetik KS.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Feb 20;146(4):270-7.PMID: 17310051 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Assessing the validity of national quality measures for coronary artery disease using an electronic health record.

Persell SD, Wright JM, Thompson JA, Kmetik KS, Baker DW.

Arch Intern Med. 2006 Nov 13;166(20):2272-7.PMID: 17101947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Heart failure in primary care: measuring the quality of care.

James PA, Cowan TM, Graham RP, Jaén CR, Majeroni BA, Schwartz JS.

J Fam Pract. 1999 Oct;48(10):790-8.PMID: 12224677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Race, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure.

Rathore SS, Foody JM, Wang Y, Smith GL, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Wolfe P, Havranek EP, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM.

JAMA. 2003 May 21;289(19):2517-24.PMID: 12759323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Use of digoxin, diuretics, beta blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers in older patients in an academic hospital-based geriatrics practice.

Fishkind D, Paris BE, Aronow WS.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 1997 Jul;45(7):809-12.PMID: 9215330 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical features and prognosis associated with a preserved left ventricular systolic function in a large cohort of congestive heart failure outpatients managed by cardiologists. Data from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure.

Tarantini L, Faggiano P, Senni M, Lucci D, Bertoli D, Porcu M, Opasich C, Tavazzi L, Maggioni AP.

Ital Heart J. 2002 Nov;3(11):656-64.PMID: 12506524 [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

CCORT/CCS quality indicators for congestive heart failure care.

Lee DS, Tran C, Flintoft V, Grant FC, Liu PP, Tu JV; Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team/Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Quality Indicator Panel.

Can J Cardiol. 2003 Mar 31;19(4):357-64.PMID: 12704479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pursuing integration of performance measures into electronic medical records: beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist medications.

Weiner M, Stump TE, Callahan CM, Lewis JN, McDonald CJ.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2005 Apr;14(2):99-106.PMID: 15805454 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers in patients treated with the fixed-dose combination of isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine in the African-American Heart Failure Trial.

Ghali JK, Tam SW, Ferdinand KC, Lindenfeld J, Sabolinski ML, Taylor AL, Worcel M, Curry CL, Cohn JN; A-HeFT Investigators.

Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2007;7(5):373-80.PMID: 18041162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

The impact of patient-specific quality-of-care report cards on guideline adherence in heart failure.

Matthews JC, Johnson ML, Koelling TM.

Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1174-83. Epub 2007 Oct 24.PMID: 18035092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sex, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure: findings from the National Heart Failure Project.

Rathore SS, Foody JM, Wang Y, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Ordin DL, Krumholz HM.

Am Heart J. 2005 Jan;149(1):121-8.PMID: 15660043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Factors determining angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor underutilization in heart failure in a community setting.

Philbin EF.

Clin Cardiol. 1998 Feb;21(2):103-8.PMID: 9491949 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prospective evaluation of beta-blocker use at the time of hospital discharge as a heart failure performance measure: results from OPTIMIZE-HF.

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

J Card Fail. 2007 Nov;13(9):722-31.PMID: 17996820 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Temporal trends in pharmacotherapy for congestive heart failure at an academic medical center: 1990-1995.

Rich MW, Brooks K, Luther P.

Am Heart J. 1998 Mar;135(3):367-72.PMID: 9506320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The AHCPR guidelines on heart failure: comparison of a family medicine and an internal medicine practice with the guidelines and an educational intervention to modify behavior.

Chodoff P, Bischof RO, Nash DB, Laine C.

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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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Is the gap between guidelines and clinical practice in heart failure treatment being filled? Insights from the IMPACT RECO survey.

de Groote P, Isnard R, Assyag P, Clerson P, Ducardonnet A, Galinier M, Jondeau G, Leurs I, Thébaut JF, Komajda M.

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Mental disorders, quality of care, and outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis of the national heart failure project.

Rathore SS, Wang Y, Druss BG, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM.

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