Improving the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting: The IMPROVE HF performance improvement registry

Fonarow, Gregg C.; Yancy, Clyde W.; Albert, Nancy M.; Curtis, Anne B.; Stough, Wendy Gattis; Gheorghiade, Mihai; Heywood, J. Thomas; Mehra, Mandeep; O'Connor, Christopher M.; Reynolds, Dwight; Walsh, Mary Norine

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.030

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Improving the Use of Evidence-Based Heart Failure Therapies in the Outpatient Setting: The IMPROVE HF performance improvement registry

Gregg C. Fonarow, MD
- Department of Medicine, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Reprint requests: Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 LeConte Avenue, Room 47-123 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1679.
Clyde W. Yancy, MD
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (currently Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX)
Nancy M. Albert, PhD, RN
- Division of Nursing and George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Center for Heart Failure, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Anne B. Curtis, MD
- Division of Cardiology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
Wendy Gattis Stough, PharmD
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
- Department of Clinical Research, Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Research Triangle Park, NC
Mihai Gheorghiade, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
J. Thomas Heywood, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA
Mandeep Mehra, MD
- Division of Cardiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Christopher M. O'Connor, MD
- Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Dwight Reynolds, MD
- Cardiovascular Section, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Mary Norine Walsh, MD
- The Care Group, LLC, Indianapolis, IN

Received 16 March 2005; accepted 18 March 2007. published online 01 May 2007.

Guest editor of this manuscript is Barry M. Massie, MD.

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This registry is supported by Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN.

The IMPROVE HF registry and this study are sponsored by Medtronic, Inc. The IMPROVE HF registry was established by Medtronic, Inc, under the guidance of a steering committee of academic advisors, each of whom is an author on this manuscript. The financial disclosures of the IMPROVE HF steering committee members are given below. These academic advisors were intimately involved in the initial preparation and design of this registry. Medtronic, Inc, provided financial and material support for the IMPROVE HF registry. A contract research organization, Outcome Sciences, Inc (Cambridge, MA), independently performs the practice site chart abstractions for IMPROVE HF and is responsible for performing data checks, storing site-specific and aggregate data, as well as providing benchmarked quality of care reports to practice sites. The contract research organization receives funding from Medtronic, Inc. Identified, individual practice site data are not shared with either the steering committee or the sponsor. The authors had complete control and authority over the study design, the manuscript preparation, and the decision to submit this manuscript to the American Heart Journal for publication. The manuscript was submitted to Medtronic, Inc, prior to submission for publication.

PII: S0002-8703(07)00254-2

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2007.03.030

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