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ACC/AHA Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures

ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure

A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures): Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America

WRITING COMMITTEE MEMBERS Robert O. Bonow, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Susan Bennett, DNS, RN, FAAN, FAHA; Donald E. Casey, Jr, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP; Theodore G. Ganiats, MD; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC; Marvin A. Konstam, MD, FACC; Costas T. Lambrew, MD, MACC; Sharon-Lise T. Normand, PhD, MSc, FACC; Ileana L. Pina, MD, FACC; Martha J. Radford, MD, FACC, FAHA; Andrew L. Smith, MD, FACC; Lynne Warner Stevenson, MD, FACC; TASK FORCE MEMBERS Robert O. Bonow, MD, FACC, FAHA, Chair; Susan J. Bennett, DNSC, RN, FAAN, FAHA; Gregory Burke, MD, MS, FAHA; Kim A. Eagle, MD, FACC, FAHA; Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, FACC, FAHA; Costas T. Lambrew, MD, MACC*; Jane Linderbaum, NP; Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, FACC; Sharon-Lise T. Normand, PhD, MSc, FACC; James L. Ritchie, MD, FACC*; John S. Rumsfeld, MD, PhD, FACC; John A. Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC

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Preamble 1854

I. Introduction 1855

A. Scope of the Problem 1855

B. Writing Committee Structure and Members 1856

C. Relationships With Industry 1856

D. Review and Endorsement 1856

II. Methodology 1856

A. Definition of HF 1856

B. Dimensions of Care 1857

C. Literature Review 1857

D. Definition and Selection of Measures 1858

III. Inpatient HF Measures 1858

A. Inpatient Population and Care Period 1858

B. Brief Summary of the Inpatient Measures 1858

C. Inpatient Data Collection Instruments 1858

IV. Outpatient HF Measures 1859

A. Outpatient Population and Care Period 1859

B. Brief Summary of the Outpatient Measures 1859

C. Outpatient Data Collection Instruments 1859

V. Discussion 1861

A. ICD Potential Measure 1864

B. Inpatient Beta-Blocker Potential Measure 1864

C. Measures Removed from the Measurement Set 1864

Appendix A: Inpatient Measurement Set Specifications 1865

Appendix B: Outpatient Measurement Set Specifications 1870

Appendix C: Sample Rating Form and Rating Form Guide 1881

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This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in August 2005 and the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in August 2005.

Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org) and the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org). Single copies of this document as published in the September 20, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and the September 20, 2005 issue of Circulation are available for $10.00 each by calling 1-800-253-4636 or writing the American College of Cardiology Foundation, Resource . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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