It is important that the medical profession play a significant role in critically evaluating the
use of diagnostic procedures and therapies as they are introduced and tested in the …

Late-breaking clinical trials presented at the 2005, 2006, and 2007 annual scientific
meetings of the ACCF, AHA, and European Society of Cardiology, as well as selected other …

Hospital readmission measures have been touted not only as a quality measure but also as
a means to bend the healthcare cost curve. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established the …

2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American
College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice …

Objectives: This study investigated the effect of a very long-term exercise training program is
not known in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Background: We previously showed that …

ContextHospital infection control policies that use patient isolation prevent nosocomial
transmission of infectious diseases, but may inadvertently lead to patient neglect and errors …

Background Heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) are increasingly
common disorders, with outcomes worse than many cancers. Evidence-based therapies …

ContextAssessment of quality of care in heart failure has focused on the development and
use of process-based performance measures, with the presumption that these processes …

The ACC/AHA Heart Failure Performance Measures Writing Committee (hereafter, Writing
Committee) was charged with the development of performance measures concerning the …

The Task Force consists of nine members who were all active in the preparation of the
document. A review of the literature and position papers was prepared by the members …