2005
ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures) Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America
Bonow RO, Bennett S, Casey DE, Ganiats TG, Hlatky MA, Konstam MA, Lambrew CT, Normand SL, Piña IL, Radford MJ, Smith AL, Stevenson LW, Bonow RO, Bennett SJ, Burke G, Eagle KA, Krumholz HM, Lambrew CT, Linderbaum J, Masoudi FA, Normand SL, Ritchie JL, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures) Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2005, 46: 1144-1178. PMID: 16168305, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.07.012.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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