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Background: Standardized care plans are effective at controlling cost and quality. Registries provide insights into quality and outcomes for use of implants, but most registries do not combine implant and care quality data. In 2012, several Michigan area hospitals and a major insurance provider formed a voluntary statewide total joint database/registry, the Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative (MARCQI), to collect procedural, hospital, discharge, and readmission data.

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Anemia and associated clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure due to reduced left ventricular systolic function.

Clin Cardiol

October 2013

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, St. John Providence Health System, Warren, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, St. John Hospital Macomb Oakland Center, Madison Heights, Providence Hospitals and Medical Centers, Southfield and Novi, and Providence Park Heart Institute, Novi, Michigan.

Background: Anemia is associated with decreased functional capacity, reduced quality of life, and worsened outcomes among patients with heart failure (HF) due to reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFREF). We sought to evaluate the independent effect of anemia on clinical outcomes among those with HFREF.

Hypothesis: Anemia is associated with cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure.

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