Advancing Value-Based Cardiovascular Care

ADVANCING THE STANDARD OF CARE: Cardiovascular, Neurovascular and Infectious Emergencies

Since the recognition of the role of an acute atherothrombotic coronary occlusion in acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the major therapeutic goal has been reopening the occluded coronary artery. American, Canadian and European guidelines for the management of patients with STEMI emphasize the restoration of blood flow through reperfusion therapy as rapidly as possible. 1...

Advancing High-Quality Value Assessments of Health Care Interventions.

Advancing cardiovascular tissue engineering

Cardiovascular tissue engineering offers the promise of biologically based repair of injured and damaged blood vessels, valves, and cardiac tissue. Major advances in cardiovascular tissue engineering over the past few years involve improved methods to promote the establishment and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), scaffolds from decellularized tissue that may produce mo...

Lee Advancing health care

and 16.2 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, are projected to reach $4 trillion in 2015 and 20 percent of GDP. Approximately 31 percent of health care costs are administrative, 35 percent are elderly consumed, 75 percent relate to chronic disease management and 25 percent relate to spending linked to risky behaviors. These expenditures are expected to continue to be nearly evenly split ...

Advancing multidisciplinary team care.

Up to 10 million females and 1 million males suffer from anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa in the United States, and many more struggle with binge eating disorder. These conditions frequently occur with other mental health and substance abuse problems. Individuals suffering from an eating disorder (ED) often seek care from their family physician, and it has been suggested that primary care pr...