Background: The use of electronic medical records (EMRs)/electronic health records (EHRs)
provides potential to reduce unwarranted clinical variation and thereby improve patient …

Current clinical practice guidelines for managing Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) account for
general cardiovascular risk factors. However, they do not present a framework that considers …

Background Measuring and reporting outcome data is fundamental for health care systems
to drive improvement. Our electronic health record built a dashboard that allows each …

Background: Prior studies suggest that low-risk ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction
(STEMI) patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention can be considered …

Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac operations results in a
significant increase in morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Prophylactic amiodarone …

Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is one of the most common complications
following cardiac surgery. POAF is associated with increased hospitalization costs, but its …

Background Despite advances in prevention and treatment, postoperative atrial fibrillation
(POAF) is the most common type of complication undergoing cardiac surgery. This study …

Background Emergency general surgery conditions are often thought of as being too acute
for the development of standardized approaches to quality improvement. However, process …

Purpose Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) has an incidence of 20–60% in cardiac
surgery. The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the European Association of …

Aim: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a known risk factor for morbidity and mortality
following cardiac surgery though contemporary resource utilization data is limited. We …