2010
Thirty-Day Outcomes in Medicare Patients With Heart Failure at Heart Transplant Centers
Hummel SL, Pauli NP, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Chen J, Normand SL, Nallamothu BK. Thirty-Day Outcomes in Medicare Patients With Heart Failure at Heart Transplant Centers. Circulation Heart Failure 2010, 3: 244-252. PMID: 20061519, DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.109.884098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart transplant centersRisk-standardized readmission ratesRisk-standardized mortality ratesTransplant centersStandardized mortality ratioHeart failureTransplant hospitalsReadmission ratesMortality rateStandardized readmission ratioMortality ratioMedicare patientsReadmission ratiosMean standardized mortality ratioThirty-day outcomesCoronary artery bypassHeart failure careElderly Medicare patientsElderly Medicare beneficiariesArtery bypassElderly patientsTransplant candidatesMedicare beneficiariesHospitalPatients
2004
Provider and Hospital Characteristics Associated With Geographic Variation in the Evaluation and Management of Elderly Patients With Heart Failure
Havranek EP, Wolfe P, Masoudi FA, Rathore SS, Krumholz HM, Ordin DL. Provider and Hospital Characteristics Associated With Geographic Variation in the Evaluation and Management of Elderly Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Internal Medicine 2004, 164: 1186-1191. PMID: 15197043, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.11.1186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuideline-based careElderly patientsHeart failureHospital characteristicsPatient factorsEnzyme inhibitorsSmall-area geographic variationLeft ventricular ejection fractionEnzyme inhibitor prescriptionHeart failure variesHeart failure careVentricular ejection fractionHospital referral regionsHigh-quality health careMedical school affiliationInhibitor prescriptionEjection fractionPatient characteristicsSmall area variationUnadjusted ratesMedicare patientsReferral regionsAppropriate prescriptionPatientsCharacteristics of providersPredictors of cardiologist care for older patients hospitalized for heart failure
Foody JM, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Herrin J, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Predictors of cardiologist care for older patients hospitalized for heart failure. American Heart Journal 2004, 147: 66-73. PMID: 14691421, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2003.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureSpecialty careOlder patientsMultivariable hierarchical logistic regression modelsCoronary Artery Bypass GraftingChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyArtery Bypass GraftingHeart failure careObstructive pulmonary diseaseTransluminal coronary angioplastyHierarchical logistic regression modelsLogistic regression modelsCardiologist careBypass GraftingHospital factorsPatient characteristicsCardiology consultCoronary angioplastyCoronary diseasePulmonary diseaseClinical presentationCardiology carePatient raceMedicare patients
2003
Aligning quality and payment for heart failure care: Defining the challenges
Havranek EP, Krumholz HM, Dudley RA, Adams K, Gregory D, Lampert S, Lindenfeld J, Massie BM, Pina I, Restaino S, Rich MW, Konstam MA. Aligning quality and payment for heart failure care: Defining the challenges. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2003, 9: 251-254. PMID: 13680543, DOI: 10.1054/jcaf.2003.30.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-quality careQuality careHeart Failure SocietyHeart failure careHeart failure patientsQuality of careFailure patientsHeart failureReadmission ratesRecent roundtable discussionDisease severityInterests of patientsCarePatientsHospitalReimbursement systemReimbursement schemesEmpty bedsPhysicians
2002
Future Challenges in Quality Improvement in Heart Failure
Havranek EP, Masoudi FA, Ralston DL, Susman NJ, Krumholz HM, Taylor JP. Future Challenges in Quality Improvement in Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2002, 8: 342-345. PMID: 12461325, DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2002.01454.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Heart Failure ProjectHeart Failure ProjectHeart failureHeart Failure Practice Improvement EffortFuture quality improvement initiativesHeart failure carePractice improvement effortsQuality improvement initiativesMedicaid Services InitiativeMedicare beneficiariesImprovement initiativesYears of experienceFailure ProjectCareImprovement effortsService initiativesFailure
2000
The National Heart Failure Project: A Health Care Financing Administration Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure
Masoudi F, Ordin D, Delaney R, Krumholz H, Havranek E. The National Heart Failure Project: A Health Care Financing Administration Initiative to Improve the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries with Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2000, 6: 337-339. PMID: 12189341, DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2000.80175.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality improvement projectHealth Care Financing AdministrationHeart failureMedicare beneficiariesInpatient heart failure careNational Heart Failure ProjectHeart Failure ProjectHeart failure careAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarctionBreast cancerCareImprovement projectFailurePneumoniaInfarctionDiabetesFailure ProjectAdministration initiativesStrokeCancerAdministrationMedicare Initiatives to Improve Heart Failure Care: An Introduction
Ordin D, Masoudi F, Havranek E, Krumholz H. Medicare Initiatives to Improve Heart Failure Care: An Introduction. Congestive Heart Failure 2000, 6: 280-282. PMID: 12189290, DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2000.80166.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHeart failure patientsHeart failureFailure patientsHeart Failure Practice Improvement EffortCommon discharge diagnosesLittle national informationOutcomes of patientsHeart failure careHealth careCare of patientsPractice improvement effortsQuality improvement projectContinuum of careHealth care professionalsHealth Care Financing AdministrationQuality of careQuality improvement effortsGuideline recommendationsDischarge diagnosisInpatient careMedicare beneficiariesCare professionalsPatientsImprovement effortsCare