2024
Inpatient Use of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy During Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Community-Based Health Systems
Zheng J, Sandhu A, Bhatt A, Collins S, Flint K, Fonarow G, Fudim M, Greene S, Heidenreich P, Lala A, Testani J, Varshney A, Wi R, Ambrosy A. Inpatient Use of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy During Heart Failure Hospitalizations Among Community-Based Health Systems. JACC Heart Failure 2024 PMID: 39269395, DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity-based health systemQuality improvement registryHealth systemGuideline-directed medical therapyGuideline-directed medical therapy useEligible hospitalsImprovement registryNational quality improvement registryElectronic health record dataHealth record dataEvidence-based medicationsHF hospitalizationHeart failurePostdischarge strategiesHFrEF patientsFailure hospitalizationMedical therapyCommunity-basedAngiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitorSodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitorsInpatient useRecord dataRenin-angiotensin system inhibitorsMineralocorticoid receptor antagonistsWorsening renal function
2020
Access and Outcomes Among Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients in a Large Integrated Health System
Thomas A, Papoutsidakis N, Spatz E, Testani J, Soucier R, Chou J, Ahmad T, Darr U, Hu X, Li F, Chen ME, Bellumkonda L, Sumathipala A, Jacoby D. Access and Outcomes Among Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients in a Large Integrated Health System. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2020, 9: e014095. PMID: 31973610, PMCID: PMC7033886, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.014095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCardiomyopathy, HypertrophicCause of DeathConnecticutDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHeart Disease Risk FactorsHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CareReferral and ConsultationRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSocial ClassSocial Determinants of HealthTreatment OutcomeConceptsSpecialty careHCM patientsCare cohortHypertrophic cardiomyopathyYale New Haven Health SystemLarge integrated health systemHealth systemBackground Hypertrophic cardiomyopathyRetrospective cohort studySocioeconomic statusPatients' socioeconomic statusHigher socioeconomic status groupsHypertrophic cardiomyopathy patientsIntegrated health systemSpecialty care accessSocioeconomic status groupsMedical insurance providersCardiomyopathy clinicCause deathLSES patientsCause hospitalizationCause mortalityNoncardiac causesCohort studySecondary outcomes