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Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: Director of Outcomes Research
Author(s): Joseph P Drozda Jr Added: 3 years ago
Since its foundation six decades ago, the goal of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) has been to improve the quality of cardiovascular care. The College’s founders initially sought to accomplish this goal by providing the College’s members with access to high-quality educational opportunities such as the ACC’s highly successful annual scientific sessions. In 1984, the quest for improved… View more

Standards & Guidelines
Author(s): Larry A Allen , John S Rumsfeld Added: 3 years ago
Hospital readmissions contribute significant clinical and economic burden to patients and payers.1 Nearly 20 % of Medicare patients are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, with heart failure listed as the most common reason for readmission.2 Based on a more than twofold variation in institutional readmission rates adjusted for patient clinical characteristics,3 preventable… View more

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Digital Health
Author(s): Augustus O Grant Added: 3 years ago
Perception often lacks reality, and for many cardiologists and other physicians, the image and understanding of the nation's premier private organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke is woefully out of date. For many physicians, the mission of the American Heart Association (AHA) is simply research, education, and advocacy, but it is much more than that… View more

Standards & Guidelines
Author(s): Augustus O Grant Added: 3 years ago
Perception often lacks reality, and for many cardiologists and other physicians, the image and understanding of the nationÔÇÖs premier private organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of heart disease and stroke is woefully out of date. For many physicians, the mission of the American Heart Association (AHA) is simply research, education, and advocacy, but it is much more than that… View more

Digital Health

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): Blair D Erb , Joseph Allen , Lisa Chambers , et al Added: 3 years ago
In the fall of 2009, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) launched the Practice innovation and clinical excellence (PINNACLE) Network™.1 The foundation of the PINNACLE Network rested on three observations by ACC membership and staff: The medical profession is in the midst of unprecedented social, political, and economic change that dramatically impacts how cardiovascular specialists… View more

Standards & Guidelines

Digital Health
Author(s): Peter A McCullough Added: 3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a common condition and carries a considerable age-dependent all-cause mortality.1 As a leading cause of hospitalization in adults, ~50% of patients discharged with a diagnosis of HF are readmitted within six months, and the one-year mortality rate is 20% after an initial diagnosis is established. There is currently a chronic HF epidemic with a rapidly expanding prevalence… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
George L Bakris
Research Area(s) / Expertise: Job title: President Elect
Dr George L. Bakris, MD, is a distinguished member of the National Kidney Foundation's Board of Directors. As the Professor of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Hypertension Center at the University of Chicago Medicine, he brings a wealth of expertise to the forefront of medical education.Previously serving as the Vice-Chairman of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Rush University… View more
Dr Craig Beavers
Job title: Vice President of Professional Services
Dr Craig Beavers graduated in 2009 from the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency and a PGY2 cardiology pharmacy residency at UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky (R365). Dr Beavers is the Vice President of Operations for Baptist Health Paducah and is an AssistantAdjunct Professor with the University of Kentucky… View more
Author(s): Marjorie L King , Randal J Thomas Added: 3 years ago
In spite of growing scientific evidence of the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention programs, these programs remain underutilized, with fewer than 30% of eligible patients participating. This occurs despite evidence that participation in cardiac rehabilitation is associated with a mortality benefit of approximately 20–25%.1 Although barriers to participation are… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions