Becker's Healthcare September 26, 2024
Hospitals with higher guideline-directed medical therapy scores showed lower rates of mortality, rehospitalization and costs in heart failure patients, according to a Sept. 25 study released by JAMA Cardiology.
Researchers from the University of Colorado in Aurora, Durham, N.C.-based Duke Clinical Research Institute, Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of California in Los Angeles and Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University designed a GDMT score, on a scale of 0 to 1, based on a hospital’s adherence to...