2017
American Heart Association’s Call to Action for Payment and Delivery System Reform
Bufalino V, Berkowitz S, Gardner T, Piña I, Konig M, Bauman M, Barbouche M, Creager M, Fonarow G, Gibbons R, Meltzer D, Meltzer N, Schwamm L, Warner J. American Heart Association’s Call to Action for Payment and Delivery System Reform. Circulation 2017, 136: e162-e171. PMID: 28696250, DOI: 10.1161/cir.0000000000000516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmerican Heart AssociationHeart AssociationDelivery system reformPatient-centered medical homeExpert panelDelivery system transformationAccountable care organizationsMedical homeHealth professionalsPatient careMedical careInterests of patientsBaseline reviewHealthcare systemCare organizationsParticular medicinePrivate payersAssociationPayment modelsCareDelivery modelAlternative deliverySystem reformFurther involvementPatients
2009
Regional Implementation of the Stroke Systems of Care Model
Gropen T, Magdon-Ismail Z, Day D, Melluzzo S, Schwamm L. Regional Implementation of the Stroke Systems of Care Model. Stroke 2009, 40: 1793-1802. PMID: 19299641, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.531053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Medical ServicesEvidence-Based MedicineGuidelines as TopicHealth EducationHealth PersonnelHealth Planning SupportHealthcare DisparitiesHumansModels, TheoreticalNew EnglandPatient AdvocacyRegional Medical ProgramsRural PopulationSocioeconomic FactorsStrokeStroke RehabilitationUrban PopulationConceptsStroke systemsCare modelStroke careStroke-related death ratesEmergency medical services dispatchAcute stroke protocolSecondary prevention strategiesContinuum of careEvidence-based interventionsPublic health officialsStroke centersStroke protocolStroke patientsCare measuresStroke resourcesPrevention strategiesHealth professionalsCare deliveryRehabilitation servicesOrder setsDeath rateHealth officialsCareSignificant disparitiesWriting group