Does hospital enrollment in the GTWG-HF program improve processes of care and outcomes in Medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure?
Medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure
Hospital enrollment in the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure (GTWG-HF) program
Other hospitals not enrolled in the GTWG-HF program
Processes of care and clinical outcomes
Participation in the GTWG-HF program improved care processes but did not translate into clinically important differences in outcomes for Medicare patients hospitalized with heart failure.
Although there was evidence that hospitals enrolled in the GTWG-HF program demonstrated better processes of care than other hospitals, there were few clinically important differences in outcomes. Further identification of opportunities to improve outcomes, and inclusion of these metrics in GTWG-HF, may further support the value of GTWG-HF in improving care for patients with HF.
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Paul A. Heidenreich
Heart Failure & Transplant
Adrian F. Hernandez
Heart Failure & Transplant
Clyde W. Yancy
Heart Failure & Transplant
Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Clinical Research Institute
Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital
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Heidenreich et al. (Sun,) studied this question.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69c6ce47983e392796666732 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/circoutcomes.110.959122