ACC/AHA/STS statement on the future of registries and the performance measurement enterprise A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 2230-2245

  Bhatt, Deepak L ^a   Drozda, Joseph P ^a   Shahian, David M ^a   Chan, Paul S ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a   Heidenreich, Paul A ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a   Masoudi, Frederick A ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a   Welke, Karl F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

ACC AHA Performance Measures; health policy and outcome research; quality indicators; registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL REGISTRY; COST; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY REPORTING; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; REGISTER; STANDARDS; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947028514     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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