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Quality of care for sudden cardiac arrest: Proposed steps to improve the translation of evidence into practice.

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Eapen, ZJ; Peterson, ED; Fonarow, GC; Sanders, GD; Yancy, CW; Sears, SF; Carlson, MD; Curtis, AB; Hall, LL; Hayes, DL; Hernandez, AF; Mirro, M ...
Published in: Am Heart J
August 2011

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the most common cause of death in the United States. Despite national guidelines, patients at risk for SCA often fail to receive evidence-based therapies. Racial and ethnic minorities and women are at particularly high risk for undertreatment. To address the persistent challenges in improving the quality of care for SCA, the Duke Center for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death at the Duke Clinical Research Institute (Durham, NC) reconvened the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Thought Leadership Alliance. Experts from clinical cardiology, cardiac electrophysiology, health policy and economics, the US Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, and device and pharmaceutical manufacturers discussed the development of SCA educational tools for patients and providers, mechanisms of implementing successful tools to help providers identify patients in their practice at risk for SCA, disparities in SCA prevention, and performance measures related to SCA care. This article summarizes the discussions held at this meeting.

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Am Heart J

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1097-6744

Publication Date

August 2011

Volume

162

Issue

2

Start / End Page

222 / 231

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Survival Rate
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care
  • Program Evaluation
  • Policy Making
  • Humans
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Decision Support Techniques
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
 

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Eapen, Z. J., Peterson, E. D., Fonarow, G. C., Sanders, G. D., Yancy, C. W., Sears, S. F., … Al-Khatib, S. M. (2011). Quality of care for sudden cardiac arrest: Proposed steps to improve the translation of evidence into practice. Am Heart J, 162(2), 222–231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2011.04.021
Eapen, Zubin J., Eric D. Peterson, Gregg C. Fonarow, Gillian D. Sanders, Clyde W. Yancy, Samuel F. Sears, Mark D. Carlson, et al. “Quality of care for sudden cardiac arrest: Proposed steps to improve the translation of evidence into practice.Am Heart J 162, no. 2 (August 2011): 222–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2011.04.021.
Eapen ZJ, Peterson ED, Fonarow GC, Sanders GD, Yancy CW, Sears SF, et al. Quality of care for sudden cardiac arrest: Proposed steps to improve the translation of evidence into practice. Am Heart J. 2011 Aug;162(2):222–31.
Eapen, Zubin J., et al. “Quality of care for sudden cardiac arrest: Proposed steps to improve the translation of evidence into practice.Am Heart J, vol. 162, no. 2, Aug. 2011, pp. 222–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2011.04.021.
Eapen ZJ, Peterson ED, Fonarow GC, Sanders GD, Yancy CW, Sears SF, Carlson MD, Curtis AB, Hall LL, Hayes DL, Hernandez AF, Mirro M, Prystowsky E, Russo AM, Thomas KL, Al-Khatib SM. Quality of care for sudden cardiac arrest: Proposed steps to improve the translation of evidence into practice. Am Heart J. 2011 Aug;162(2):222–231.
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Published In

Am Heart J

DOI

EISSN

1097-6744

Publication Date

August 2011

Volume

162

Issue

2

Start / End Page

222 / 231

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Survival Rate
  • Quality Assurance, Health Care
  • Program Evaluation
  • Policy Making
  • Humans
  • Healthcare Disparities
  • Decision Support Techniques
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology