Bathina J, Weiss S, Weintraub WS Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2015 Jan;13(1):5-8 PMID: 25487296 Abstract Although it has been almost 20 years since the first case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was described in Japan, its pathophysiology remains an enigma. While several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the pathophysiology, the exact mechanism of the syndrome is
Continue reading Understanding the pathophysiology of apical ballooning syndrome: a step closer
Ehrenthal DB, Rogers S, Goldstein ND, Edwards DG, Weintraub WS J Womens Health (Larchmt) 2015 Jan;24(1):23-9 PMID: 25247261 Abstract OBJECTIVE: To identify differences in women’s cardiovascular risk, independent of obesity, one year after delivery of a pregnancy complicated by a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP). METHODS: We compared traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors of
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Zhang Z, Kolm P, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Ponirakis A, O’Brien SM, Klein LW, Shaw RE, McKay C, Shahian DM, Grover FL, Mayer JE, Garratt KN, Hlatky M, Edwards FH, Weintraub WS J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2015 Jan;65(1):1-11 PMID: 25572503 Abstract BACKGROUND: ASCERT (American College of Cardiology Foundation and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the
Continue reading Cost-effectiveness of revascularization strategies: the ASCERT study
To encourage patients to get colorectal cancer screenings, the cost of reminder mailings may be less expensive, but the personal touch of a reminder from a nurse navigator is more effective, according to research at Christiana Care Health System.
At the March Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers Annual Meeting in San Diego: Thomas L. Corrigan, chief financial officer, and Neil Jasani, M.D., MBA, vice president for Academic Affairs, presented “Graduate Medical Education Funding.” Robert Dressler, M.D., Neil Jasani, M.D., MBA, presented “Building the Next Generation of Medical Quality and Patient Safety Leaders: A
Auerbach AD, Patel MS, Metlay JP, Schnipper JL, Williams MV, Robinson EJ, Kripalani S, Lindenauer PK Acad Med 2014 Mar;89(3):415-20 PMID: 24448050 Abstract Converting the health care delivery system into a learning organization is a key strategy for improving health outcomes. Although the collaborative learning organization approach has been successful in neonatal intensive care units
Goldsack JC, Robinson EJ J Nurs Adm 2014 Feb;44(2):117-20 PMID: 24451450 Abstract Hospitals nationwide must demonstrate meaningful use by 2015 or face fines. For over 20 years, researchers have attempted to assess the impact of electronic record keeping technologies on the quality, safety, and efficiency of care, but results are inconclusive and hospital managers have
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Morris DS, Rohrbach J, Sundaram LM, Sonnad S, Sarani B, Pascual J, Reilly P, Schwab CW, Sims C Injury 2014 Jan;45(1):56-60 PMID: 23726120 Abstract INTRODUCTION: Hospital readmission rates will soon impact Medicare reimbursements. While risk factors for readmission have been described for medical and elective surgical patients, little is known about their predictive value specifically
Zubrow MT, Urie J, Jurkovitz C, Jiang X, Bowen JR, DiSabatino A, Weintraub W J Hosp Med 2014 Jan;9(1):19-22 PMID: 24288353 Abstract BACKGROUND: Because of concerns for propagating clots into pulmonary emboli by the placement of pneumatic compression boots (PCBs), the standard of care at our institution was to perform a duplex Doppler ultrasound with
Rayo MF, Mount-Campbell AF, O’Brien JM, White SE, Butz A, Evans K, Patterson ES BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Jun;23(6):483-9 PMID: 24336577 Abstract OBJECTIVE: Although there is a growing recognition of the importance of active communication behaviours from the incoming clinician receiving a patient handover, there are currently no agreed-upon measures to objectively describe those behaviours.