Care Management for Heart Failure
Authors: Robert F. DeBusk, Daniel J. Cher, Helena C. Kraemer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2005)

Letters1 March 2005Care Management for Heart FailureRobert F. DeBusk, MD, Daniel J. Cher, MD, and Helena C. Kraemer, PhDRobert F. DeBusk, MDFrom Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304.Search for more papers by this author, Daniel J. Cher, MDFrom Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304.Search for more papers by this author, and Helena C. Kraemer, PhDFrom Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-5-200503010-00016 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:Drs. Linden and Wilson note that physicians' awareness of our study may have influenced the care provided to study participants. However, any such effect was substantially mitigated by the fact that our study was conducted by an “outside” group of Stanford-based investigators without the incentive or means to provide feedback to Kaiser Permanente physicians or administrators about the quality of care provided. Given the nature of the excluded patients, an analysis of changes in medication prescription rates in this group would be difficult to interpret. As Drs. Linden and Wilson suggest, the evidence-based “baseline” care provided by Kaiser ...References1. Taylor CB, Houston-Miller N, Killen JD, DeBusk RF. Smoking cessation after acute myocardial infarction: effects of a nurse-managed intervention. Ann Intern Med. 1990;113:118-23. [PMID: 2360750] LinkGoogle Scholar2. DeBusk RF, Miller NH, Superko HR, Dennis CA, Thomas RJ, Lew HT, et al. A case-management system for coronary risk factor modification after acute myocardial infarction. Ann Intern Med. 1994;120:721-9. [PMID: 8147544] LinkGoogle Scholar3. Taylor CB, Miller NH, Herman S, Smith PM, Sobel D, Fisher L, et al. A nurse-managed smoking cessation program for hospitalized smokers. Am J Public Health. 1996;86:1557-60. [PMID: 8916520] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Miller NH, Smith PM, DeBusk RF, Sobel DS, Taylor CB. Smoking cessation in hospitalized patients. Results of a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 1997;157:409-15. [PMID: 9046892] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. DeBusk RF, West JA, Miller NH, Taylor CB. Chronic disease management: treating the patient with disease(s) vs treating disease(s) in the patient. Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:2739-42. [PMID: 10597765] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Robert F. DeBusk, MD; Daniel J. Cher, MD; Helena C. Kraemer, PhDAffiliations: From Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoA Case-Management System for Coronary Risk Factor Modification after Acute Myocardial Infarction Robert F. DeBusk , Nancy Houston Miller , H. Robert Superko , Charles A. Dennis , Randal J. Thomas , Henry T. Lew , Walter E. Berger , Robert S. Heller , Jonathan Rompf , David Gee , Helena C. Kraemer , Albert Bandura , Ghassan Ghandour , Mia Clark , Raksha V. Shah , Lynda Fisher , and C. Barr Taylor Care Management for Low-Risk Patients with Heart Failure Robert Frank DeBusk , Nancy Houston Miller , Kathleen Marie Parker , Albert Bandura , Helena Chmura Kraemer , Daniel Joseph Cher , Jeffrey Alan West , Michael Bruce Fowler , and George Greenwald Care Management for Heart Failure Ariel Linden and Thomas Wilson Metrics 1 March 2005Volume 142, Issue 5Page: 386KeywordsHealth care qualityHealth maintenance organizationsHeart failureLongitudinal studiesMedical conditionsMotivationNursesRandomized trialsSmoking habitsStable coronary artery disease ePublished: 1 March 2005 Issue Published: 1 March 2005 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2005 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...