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

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 634-648

  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   Albert, Nancy M ^a   Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Bruce Ferguson, T ^a   Michael Ho, P ^a   Jurgens, Corrine ^a   O'Brien, Sean ^a   Russo, Andrea M ^a   Thomas, Randal J ^a   Ting, Henry H ^a   Varosy, Paul D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; health policy and outcome research; quality indicators; registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947803581     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HCQ.0000000000000013     Document Type: Article

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