Heart failure (HF) has been singled out as an epidemic and is a staggering clinical and
public health problem, associated with significant mortality, morbidity, and healthcare …

Background Clinical quality registries (CQRs) are playing an increasingly important role in
improving health outcomes and reducing health care costs. CQRs are established with the …

Importance Clinical guidelines for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
(HFrEF) strongly recommend treatment with a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor …

Importance Public reporting of hospitals' 30-day risk-standardized readmission rates
following heart failure hospitalization and the financial penalization of hospitals with higher …

Background Few contemporary data exist evaluating care patterns and outcomes in heart
failure (HF) across the spectrum of kidney function. Objectives This study sought to …

Background—Effective risk stratification can inform clinical decision-making. Our objective
was to derive and validate a risk score for in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized with …

Background—Women receive less evidence-based medical care than men and have higher
rates of death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is unclear whether efforts undertaken …

Importance Traditional models for predicting in-hospital mortality for patients with heart
failure (HF) have used logistic regression and do not account for social determinants of …

Objectives: Our purpose was to determine factors independently associated with cardiac
rehabilitation referral, which are currently not well described at a national level. Background …

The American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke programme has
changed stroke care delivery in the USA since its establishment in 2003. GWTG is a …