2023
Electronic Health Record Embedded Strategies for Improving Care of Patients With Heart Failure
Fuery M, Kadhim B, Samsky M, Freeman J, Clark K, Desai N, Wilson F, Ahmed T, Ahmad T. Electronic Health Record Embedded Strategies for Improving Care of Patients With Heart Failure. Current Heart Failure Reports 2023, 20: 280-286. PMID: 37552356, DOI: 10.1007/s11897-023-00614-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsFailure patientsElectronic health recordsEHR alertClinical trialsRandomized clinical trialsCare of patientsQuality of careHeart failureClinician satisfactionRandomized fashionRecent FindingsTherePatientsUnmet needPatient careClinical decisionEvidence-based decisionsFuture interventionsCareHealth recordsTrialsCliniciansInterventionFindingsThere
2022
Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure
Ahmad T, Desai NR, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Martin M, Simonov M, Dhar R, Hsiao A, Kashyap N, Allen L, Velazquez EJ, Wilson FP. Alerting Clinicians to 1-Year Mortality Risk in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure. JAMA Cardiology 2022, 7: 905-912. PMID: 35947362, PMCID: PMC9366654, DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overEmpiricismFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansMaleQuality ImprovementStroke VolumeVentricular Function, LeftConceptsUsual care groupElectronic health recordsHeart failureAlert groupMedian agePrimary outcomeFemale patientsTerminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsYale New Haven Health SystemPro-brain natriuretic peptide levelsMedian NT-proBNP levelLeft ventricular ejection fractionLarge tertiary care centerHeart failure hospitalizationHeart failure medicationsNatriuretic peptide levelsNT-proBNP levelsHealth recordsHours of admissionTertiary care centerVentricular ejection fractionRate of hospitalizationIntensive care unitEthnicity groupsSmall community hospital
2021
Transition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes
Miller PE, Chouairi F, Thomas A, Kunitomo Y, Aslam F, Canavan ME, Murphy C, Daggula K, Metkus T, Vallabhajosyula S, Carnicelli A, Katz JN, Desai NR, Ahmad T, Velazquez EJ, Brennan J. Transition From an Open to Closed Staffing Model in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Improves Clinical Outcomes. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e018182. PMID: 33412899, PMCID: PMC7955420, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.018182.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac intensive care unitIntensive care unitHospital mortalityCare unitCICU mortalityClinical outcomesModern cardiac intensive care unitSurgical intensive care unitTotal hospital chargesSeverity of illnessMultivariable logistic regressionCICU lengthMultivariable adjustmentRespiratory insufficiencyPrimary outcomeUnique admissionsHospital chargesCardiac arrestSubgroup analysisImproved outcomesMortalityLogistic regressionAdmissionClosed unitStaffing models