May 06, 2021
Patients with stable ischemic heart disease treated with optimal medical therapy in the ISCHEMIA trial spent more time alive out of the hospital at 2 years when compared with those treated with an invasive strategy, but by 4 years the difference between the two approaches was a wash, according to a new analysis.
When excluding hospitalizations related to the invasive protocol-assigned procedures, there was no statistically significant difference in the number of days spent alive out of hospital (DAOH) between the two treatment strategies at any time point, report investigators.
“DAOH is an important patient-focused metric,” lead investigator Harvey White, DSc (Green Lane Cardiovascular Services/Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand), told TCTMD. “It’s important to measure, as patients value it. Apart from death and a debilitating stroke, patients don’t care that much about endpoints that don’t affect their quality of life. Several studies have shown that
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Two Long Island hospitals earn CMS 5-star rating By: Adina Genn May 3, 2021 Comments Off on Two Long Island hospitals earn CMS 5-star rating
In its 2021 hospital ranking, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted Northwell Health’s Huntington Hospital and Catholic Health’s St. Francis – The Heart Center in Roslyn five-star ratings.
The annual CMS stars program serves as a healthcare guide to hospital quality, comprising more than 50 individual measures that include hospital mortality, avoidable readmission, hospital infections and patient experience.
“We are incredibly proud of the nurses, physicians and so many other professionals who come together every day to provide excellent, safe and compassionate care to our patients and families,” Huntington Hospital Executive Director Dr. Nick Fitterman said in a press release.
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