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"Glucometrics"--assessing the quality of inpatient glucose management.

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2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

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2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary

scientific article published on 17 December 2012

2013 ACCF/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Measuring the Clinical Management and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes and Coronary Artery Disease

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2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

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2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

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2013 ACCF/AHA guideline for the management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration w

scientific article published on 08 January 2013

2013 ACCF/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes and coronary artery disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Associ

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2013 ACCF/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes and coronary artery disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Associa

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2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA ...

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2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI Focused Update on Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline

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2015 ACC/AHA/SCAI focused update on primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST-elevation myocardial Infarction: An update of the 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention and the 2013 ACCF/AHA guideline

scientific article published on 01 May 2016

A collaborative project in Connecticut to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on November 1996

A collaborative project in Connecticut to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on March 1997

A comparative longitudinal study of gastrostomy devices in children

scientific article published in April 1998

A qualitative analysis of medication use variance reports

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

A qualitative study of increasing beta-blocker use after myocardial infarction: Why do some hospitals succeed?

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AACVPR/ACC/AHA 2007 Performance Measures on Cardiac Rehabilitation for Referral to and Delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services

scientific article published in October 2007

ACC/AHA 2007 Methodology for the Development of Clinical Data Standards

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ACC/AHA 2007 methodology for the development of clinical data standards: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards

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ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary

scientific article published on 2 December 2008

ACC/AHA 2008 Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (writing committee to develop guidelines on the managemen

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ACC/AHA 2008 guidelines for the management of adults with congenital heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines on the Managemen

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ACC/AHA 2008 statement on performance measurement and reperfusion therapy: a report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures (Work Group to address the challenges of performance measurement and reperfusion therapy).

scientific article published on 10 November 2008

ACC/AHA Classification of Care Metrics: Performance Measures and Quality Metrics

scientific article published in December 2008

ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure

scientific article published on 20 September 2005

ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure

scientific article published in September 2005

ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With ST-Elevation and Non–ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published in January 2006

ACC/AHA classification of care metrics: performance measures and quality metrics: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures

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ACC/AHA clinical performance measures for adults with ST-elevation and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop

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ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation

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ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writi

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ACC/AHA key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with chronic heart failure: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Wri

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ACC/AHA/HRS 2006 Key Data Elements and Definitions for Electrophysiological Studies and Procedures

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ACC/AHA/HRS 2006 key data elements and definitions for electrophysiological studies and procedures: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (ACC/AHA/HRS Writing Committee to Dev

scientific article published on 27 November 2006

ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and the P

scientific article published in February 2008

ACCF/AHA 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

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ACCF/AHA 2010 Position Statement on Composite Measures for Healthcare Performance Assessment: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to develop a pos

scientific article published on 29 March 2010

ACCF/AHA New Insights Into the Methodology of Performance Measurement

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ACCF/AHA new insights into the methodology of performance measurement: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on performance measures

scientific article published in November 2010

AHA/ACCF 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Perfo

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

Accuracy of ICD-9-CM codes for identifying cardiovascular and stroke risk factors.

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Achieving door-to-balloon times that meet quality guidelines: how do successful hospitals do it?

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Achieving rapid door-to-balloon times: how top hospitals improve complex clinical systems

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Acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: differences by age

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Acute noncardiac conditions and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 08 October 2007

Acute, Severe Noncardiac Conditions in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published in October 2006

Admission to hospitals with on-site cardiac catheterization facilities :impact on long-term costs and outcomes

scientific article published on 10 November 1998

Adult scalded skin syndrome fatally complicated by mixed gram-negative sepsis and cellulitis

scientific article published in February 1981

Adverse outcomes and predictors of underuse of antithrombotic therapy in medicare beneficiaries with chronic atrial fibrillation

scientific article published in April 2000

Amyloid heart disease manifested by systemic arterial thromboemboli

scientific article published in July 1992

Are beta-blockers effective in elderly patients who undergo coronary revascularization after acute myocardial infarction?

scientific article published on 10 April 2000

Aspirin for secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: prescribed use and outcomes

scientific article published in February 1996

Aspirin in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries : Patterns of Use and Outcomes

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Association Between Anemia, Bleeding, and Transfusion with Long-term Mortality Following Noncardiac Surgery

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Association Between Functional Status and Use and Effectiveness of Beta-Blocker Prophylaxis in Elderly Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published in April 2004

Association of weekend continuity of care with hospital length of stay

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Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction — For Few Patients, or Many?

scientific article published on 20 August 1998

Beta-blocker therapy for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction in elderly diabetic patients. Results from the National Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

scientific article published in November 1999

Blood Transfusion in Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on 25 October 2001

Blood Transfusion in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

scientific article published on 9 February 2005

Can practice guidelines be transported effectively to different settings? Results from a multicenter interventional study

scientific article published in January 2001

Care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction by physician specialty: the effects of comorbidity and functional limitations

scientific article published on 15 April 2000

Challenges and opportunities in quantifying the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Challenges and opportunities in quantifying the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: summary from the Acute Myocardial Infarction Working Group of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology First Scientific Forum on Qu

scientific article published on April 2003

Characteristics of physician leaders working to improve the quality of care in acute myocardial infarction

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Clinical Benefit of American College of Chest Physicians versus European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for Stroke Prophylaxis in Atrial Fibrillation

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Clinical Outcomes with β-Blockers for Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials

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Clinical classification schemes for predicting hemorrhage: results from the National Registry of Atrial Fibrillation (NRAF).

scientific article published in March 2006

Clinical correlates of in-hospital costs for acute myocardial infarction in patients 65 years of age and older

scientific article published in March 1998

Clinical trial of an educational intervention to achieve recommended cholesterol levels in patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in March 2004

Comorbidity indices to predict mortality from Medicare data: results from the national registry of atrial fibrillation.

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Comparative study of affective disorders in three Asian countries. II. Differences in prevalence rates and symptom presentation

scientific article published in October 1991

Correlates and impact on outcomes of worsening renal function in patients > or =65 years of age with heart failure

scientific article published in May 2000

Correlation of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research congestive heart failure admission guideline with mortality: peer review organization voluntary hospital association initiative to decrease events (PROVIDE) for congestive heart failure.

scientific article published in October 1999

Data feedback efforts in quality improvement: lessons learned from US hospitals

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Do “America's Best Hospitals” Perform Better for Acute Myocardial Infarction?

scientific article published on 28 January 1999

Does Public Reporting Improve Care?∗

scientific article published in March 2016

Door-to-drug and door-to-balloon times: where can we improve? Time to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

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Effect of aminophylline on coronary reactive and functional hyperaemic response in conscious dogs.

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Effectiveness of beta-blocker therapy after acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma

scientific article published in June 2001

Electronic health record use, intensity of hospital care, and patient outcomes

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Emergency physicians' acute coronary syndrome testing threshold and diagnostic performance: acute coronary syndrome critical pathway with return visit feedback

scientific article published in September 2014

Evaluation of a consumer-oriented internet health care report card: the risk of quality ratings based on mortality data

scientific article (publication date: 13 March 2002)

Factors associated with delay in reperfusion therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: Analysis of the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

scientific article published in June 2000

Formula for emergency physician staffing

scientific article published on May 1990

From door-to-balloon time to contact-to-device time: predictors of achieving target times in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

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Guided ordering: clinician interactions with complex order-sets.

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How do observational studies expand the evidence base for therapy?

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors in older persons with acute myocardial infarction: evidence for an age-statin interaction

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Impact of an Intervention to Improve Weekend Hospital Care at an Academic Medical Center: An Observational Study.

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Impact of the New York State Cardiac Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reporting System on the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock

scientific article published on 19 December 2007

Incidence of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation who are prone to fall

scientific article published in June 2005

Initiating and Maintaining Patients on Warfarin Anticoagulation: The Importance of Monitoring

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Integrating clinical practice guidelines into the routine of everyday practice

scientific article published on September 2005

Intracranial hemorrhage associated with thrombolytic therapy for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

scientific article published in August 2000

Intravenous heparin dosing strategy in hospitalized patients with atrial dysrhythmias

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

Is there evidence of implicit exclusion criteria for elderly subjects in randomized trials? Evidence from the GUSTO-1 study

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Leveraging clinical decision support tools to improve guideline-directed medical therapy in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at hospital discharge

scientific article published on 28 September 2020

Long-Term Gastrostomy in Children: Caregiver Coping

scientific article published on March 1, 1997

Long-term gastrostomy in children: insights from expert nurses

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Mental disorders and use of cardiovascular procedures after myocardial infarction

scientific article published in January 2000

Monitoring the pulse of hospital activity: electronic health record utilization as a measure of care intensity.

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

National and state trends in quality of care for acute myocardial infarction between 1994-1995 and 1998-1999: the medicare health care quality improvement program

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National use and effectiveness of beta-blockers for the treatment of elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction: National Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

scientific article published in August 1998

Organizational resiliency: how top-performing hospitals respond to setbacks in improving quality of cardiac care.

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Outcomes in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction: mortality, readmission, and functional decline

scientific article published in May 2003

Patterns of secondary prevention in older patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article (publication date: 9 September 2003)

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention “Dominates” Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for High-Risk Patients

scientific article published on 19 September 2006

Performance Measures and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure

scientific article published on 11 April 2007

Performance of the '100 top hospitals': what does the report card report?

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Perioperative antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing joint and spine surgery.

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

Periprocedural management of the patient with diabetes mellitus undergoing coronary angiography: current practice.

scientific article published on October 2012

Physician attitudes concerning anticoagulation services in the long-term care setting

scientific article published in August 2002

Physician board certification and the care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

Predicting one-year mortality among elderly survivors of hospitalization for an acute myocardial infarction: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

scientific article published on August 2001

Predictors of cardiologist care for older patients hospitalized for heart failure

scientific article published in January 2004

Predictors of costs of caring for elderly patients discharged with heart failure

scientific article published in August 2001

Prevalence and quality of warfarin use for patients with atrial fibrillation in the long-term care setting

scientific article published in November 2001

Process and outcome of care for acute myocardial infarction among Medicare beneficiaries in Connecticut: a quality improvement demonstration project.

scientific article published on June 1995

Provoking conditions, management and outcomes of type 2 myocardial infarction and myocardial necrosis

scientific article published on 13 May 2016

Quality of care for acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients with alcohol-related diagnoses

scientific article published in January 2006

Quality of care for elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure

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Quality of care for heart failure patients hospitalized for any cause

scientific article published on 25 September 2013

Racial Disparities in Readmission Rates Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Era

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Racial differences in the use of cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in May 2001

Randomized trial of an education and support intervention to prevent readmission of patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Re:imagine: a report on the UHC Annual Conference 2012.

scientific article published in March 2013

Readmission after hospitalization for congestive heart failure among Medicare beneficiaries

scientific article published in January 1997

Readmission rates, 30 days and 365 days postdischarge, among the 20 most frequent DRG groups, Medicare inpatients age 65 or older in Connecticut hospitals, fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1993.

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Reduction in acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States: risk-standardized mortality rates from 1995-2006.

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Regional variation in the treatment and outcomes of myocardial infarction: investigating New England's advantage

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Relation of perioperative elevation of troponin to long-term mortality after orthopedic surgery.

scientific article published on 23 March 2015

Reporting ejection fraction after myocardial infarction: an opportunity for quality improvement in echocardiography

scientific article published in March 1997

Review of the ICD Registry's third year, expansion to include lead data and pediatric ICD procedures, and role for measuring performance

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Review of the Registry's second year, data collected, and plans to add lead and pediatric ICD procedures

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Review of the registry's first year, data collected, and future plans

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Risk and predictors of stroke after myocardial infarction among the elderly: results from the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project

scientific article (publication date: 5 March 2002)

Risk of osteoporotic fracture in elderly patients taking warfarin: results from the National Registry of Atrial Fibrillation 2.

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Serum cholesterol levels are underevaluated and undertreated

scientific article published in June 1998

Sex differences in cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction: the role of procedure appropriateness

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Sex differences in mortality after myocardial infarction: evidence for a sex-age interaction

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Sex differences in the clinical care and outcomes of congestive heart failure in the elderly

scientific article published in November 1999

Sex differences in use of coronary revascularization in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction: a tale of two therapies

scientific article published in December 2003

Standardized cardiovascular data for clinical research, registries, and patient care: a report from the Data Standards Workgroup of the National Cardiovascular Research Infrastructure project

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Survival following mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation due to coronary artery disease

scientific article published on August 1979

Temporal Trends of Outcomes for Nonagenarians Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, 1993 to 1999††The contents of this report are solely the responsibility of the investigators and do not necessarily represent the official views of Centers

scientific article published in December 2007

The Association of Frailty With In-Hospital Bleeding Among Older Adults With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the ACTION Registry

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

The Connecticut Cardiovascular Consortium: a unique, state-wide research collaboration to advance clinical outcomes in patients with heart disease.

scientific article published on October 2001

The analysis of bleeding risk-prediction scores should include all major bleeds

scientific article published in January 2013

The association between white blood cell count and acute myocardial infarction mortality in patients > or =65 years of age: findings from the cooperative cardiovascular project

scientific article published in November 2001

The impact of age on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation hospitalizations

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

The multiple meanings of long-term gastrostomy in children with severe disability

scientific article published in April 1997

The observable patient in the DRG era.

scientific article published on March 1988

The prognostic importance of anemia in patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

The roles of senior management in quality improvement efforts: what are the key components?

scientific article published in January 2003

The safety of warfarin therapy in the nursing home setting.

scientific article published on 26 April 2007

Thrombolytic therapy in older patients

scientific article published in August 2000

Thrombotic and bleeding complications after orthopedic surgery.

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

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

scientific article (publication date: 19 December 2006)

Trends in the quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries admitted to the hospital with unstable angina

scientific article published in April 1998

Use and effectiveness of warfarin in Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 9 March 2006

Use of a screening tool improves appropriate referral to an electrophysiologist for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death.

scientific article published on 08 February 2011

Use of critical pathways to improve the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in October 1999

Use of physician-specific data and flow sheets to improve compliance with preventive and screening health care measures.

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Validation of a clinical prediction rule for left ventricular ejection fraction after myocardial infarction in patients > or = 65 years old.

scientific article published on July 1997

Ventricular septal rupture: a review of clinical and physiologic features and an analysis of survival.

scientific article published on September 1981

Warfarin in the prevention of stroke associated with nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Veterans Affairs Stroke Prevention in Nonrheumatic Atrial Fibrillation Investigators

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What are hospitals doing to increase beta-blocker use?

scientific article published in August 2003