The topic of patient satisfaction has gained increasing importance over the past decade.
Due to the impact of patient satisfaction on health care quality, understanding factors that …

Importance The United States spends more than $12 billion annually on graduate medical
education. Understanding how residents balance patient care and educational activities …

Early hospital readmission after an episode of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF)
is an emerging issue that is causing a relevant clinical and economic burden. Although there …

Importance Over the past decade, reducing 30-day readmission rates has been emphasized
in the United States (including via the implementation of the Hospital Readmissions …

Since the implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP),
readmissions have declined for Medicare patients with conditions targeted by the policy …

Background Heart failure (HF) is a condition that affects approximately 6.2 million people in
the United States and has a 5-year mortality rate of approximately 42%. With the prevalence …

Aim To evaluate the abilities to perform essential tasks for heart failure (HF) self‐
management in elderly patients, and its influence on post‐discharge prognosis. Methods …

Background: The clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute heart failure (AHF)
according to left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) have not been fully elucidated …

Background: Evidence for the prognostic value of gait speed is largely based on a single
measure at baseline, so we investigated the prognostic significance of change in gait speed …

Objective Congestion in acute heart failure (AHF) affects survival curves and hospital length
of stay (LOS). The evaluation of congestion, however, is not totally objective. The aim of this …